The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Tyranny Martyrdom

Author

Soren Kierkegaard

Source

Journals of Soren Kierkegaard

Medium

Personal journal

Language

Danish

Time

1848 1840s 19th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Denmark Europe

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Original Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. Journal entry. c. 1848.

Current Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. The Journals of Kierkegaard, translated by Alexander Dru. Harper Torch, 1959.

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If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never. And what wine is so sparkling, what so fragrant, what so intoxicating, as possibility!

Soren Kierkegaard

Either Or

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Possibility Anticipation Imagination

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Soren Kierkegaard
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Either Or
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Danish
Time
1843 1840s 19th century
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Original Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren [published as Victor Eremita]. Enten-Eller [Either/Or]. Vol. 1, Copenhagen: University bookshop, 1843.

Current Citation

Kierkegaard, Soren. Either/Or: A Fragment of Life, translated by Alistair Hanny. Penguin Classics, 1992, pt. 1.

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Burke said there were three estates in parliament; but, in the reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate more important far than they all.

Thomas Carlyle

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Thomas Carlyle
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On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic
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English
Time
1840 1840s 19th century
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Citation

Carlyle, Thomas. "The Hero as Man of Letters." 19 May 1840, London, England, UK. Lecture.

Another quote about Tyranny

Of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants.

Alexander Hamilton

Federalist 1

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Populism Demagoguery Tyranny Decline of democracy Politics

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Alexander Hamilton
Source
Federalist 1 The Federalist Papers
Medium
Essay
Genre
Political literature
Language
English
Time
1787 1780s 18th century
Era
American Revolutionary Period
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Hamilton, Alexander [published as Publius]. "Federalist No. 1: General Introduction." Independent Journal, 27 Oct. 1787.

Current Citation

Hamilton, Alexander. "No. I: Deliberation on a new constitution--Hamilton." The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, edited by Robert Scigliano. The Modern Library, 2001.