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->''Sic semper tyrannis''[[note]]Thus always to tyrants[[/note]]
-->-- [[BeamMeUpScotty Allegedly said by]] '''Brutus''' while killing UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar

->''The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson'''

->''[B]oth the philosophers and theologians agree, that the prince who seizes the state with force and arms, and with no legal right, no public, civic approval, may be killed by anyone and deprived of his life''

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->''Sic semper tyrannis''[[note]]Thus always to tyrants[[/note]]
-->-- [[BeamMeUpScotty Allegedly said by]] '''Brutus''' while killing UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar

->''The tree
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->''Cicero speaks
of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with domination obtained by violence and ruse, the blood of patriots subjects being unwilling or even forced to accept it and tyrants.there being no recourse open to a superior who might pronounce judgment upon the usurper. In this case he that kills the tyrant for the liberation of the country is praised and rewarded.''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson'''

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'''St. Creator/ThomasAquinas''', ''Commentary to the Sentences''

->''Both
the philosophers and theologians agree, that the prince who seizes the state with force and arms, and with no legal right, no public, civic approval, may be killed by anyone and deprived of his life''


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->''If you do sweare to put a Tyrant downe,\\
You sleepe in peace, the Tyrant being slaine''
-->--'''Creator/WilliamShakespeare''', ''Theatre/RichardIII''

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->''Sic semper tyrannis''[[note]]Thus always to tyrants[[/note]]
-->-- [[BeamMeUpScotty Allegedly said by]] '''Brutus''' while killing UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar

->''The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson'''
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->''Bodies burnt to the bone\\
Reduced to coals\\
The oppressors pay''
-->-- '''Music/CannibalCorpse''', "Firestorm Vengeance"
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-->--Allegedly said by '''Brutus''' while killing UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar

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-->--Allegedly -->-- [[BeamMeUpScotty Allegedly said by by]] '''Brutus''' while killing UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar



-->--'''UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson'''

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-->--'''UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson'''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson'''



-->--'''Juan de Mariana''', ''De rege et regis institutione''

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-->''Sic semper tyrannis''[[note]]Thus always to tyrants[[/note]]

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-->''The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.''

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-->''[B]oth the philosophers and theologians agree, that the prince who seizes the state with force and arms, and with no legal right, no public, civic approval, may be killed by anyone and deprived of his life''

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-->''Sic semper tyrannis''[[note]]Thus always to tyrants[[/note]]
-->--Allegedly said by '''Brutus''' while killing UsefulNotes/JuliusCaesar

-->''The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.''
-->--'''UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson'''

-->''[B]oth the philosophers and theologians agree, that the prince who seizes the state with force and arms, and with no legal right, no public, civic approval, may be killed by anyone and deprived of his life''
-->--'''Juan de Mariana''', ''De rege et regis institutione''

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