When man turns tyrant it is his own freedom he destroys.

Tyrants are seldom free; the cares and the instruments of their tyranny enslave them

The evils of tyranny are rarely seen but by him who resists it

It's said that 'power corrupts', but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. When they do act, they think of it as service, which has limits. The tyrant, though, seeks mastery, for which he is insatiable, implacable.

This work was strictly voluntary, but any animal who absented himself from it would have his rations reduced by half.

The worst kind of tyrant was the one who once had been the victim.