“Fear seems to be the ruling judge.”
“To implant fear in the minds of children is a crime. If parents try to rule the child by fear, then fear rules the child.”
“He who lets fear rule him, has fear for a master [Acheron]”
“No. There is no balance, and no retribution, and no rules. The rules and balances you blather about are hopeful creations of a man fearing death.”
“We are not philosophers, we are sovereigns. The rules that govern our behavior are not the rules for other men, and our honor, I think, is a different thing entirely, difficult for anyone but the historians and the gods to judge.”
“for PEOPLE to rule themselves in a REPUBLIC , they must have virtue;for a TYRANT to rule in a TYRANNY ,he must use FEAR.”