Aurelius
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Aurelius
@aurelius180.bsky.social
· Nov 20
All warfare is based on deception.
- Sun Tzu
- Sun Tzu
There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.
- Frederick William Robertson
- Frederick William Robertson
December 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny.
- Frederick William Robertson
- Frederick William Robertson
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
- James Madison
- James Madison
December 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
- James Madison
- James Madison
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
- Benjamin Franklin (allegedly)
- Benjamin Franklin (allegedly)
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
- Benjamin Franklin (allegedly)
- Benjamin Franklin (allegedly)
It is lawful and hath been held so through all ages for any one who have the power to call to account a tyrant or wicked king, and after due conviction to depose and put him to death.
- John Milton
- John Milton
November 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
It is lawful and hath been held so through all ages for any one who have the power to call to account a tyrant or wicked king, and after due conviction to depose and put him to death.
- John Milton
- John Milton
Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.
- Pierre Corneille
- Pierre Corneille
November 16, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Treachery is noble when aimed at tyranny.
- Pierre Corneille
- Pierre Corneille
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
- Winston Churchill
- Winston Churchill
November 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
- Winston Churchill
- Winston Churchill
A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.
- Norman Mailer
- Norman Mailer
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.
- Norman Mailer
- Norman Mailer
In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
- J. William Fulbright
- J. William Fulbright
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.
- J. William Fulbright
- J. William Fulbright
The powerful don’t make revolutions.
- Marge Piercy
- Marge Piercy
November 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The powerful don’t make revolutions.
- Marge Piercy
- Marge Piercy
I’m a happy person but an angry citizen.
- Lewis Black
- Lewis Black
November 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I’m a happy person but an angry citizen.
- Lewis Black
- Lewis Black
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
- Barbara Ehrenreich
- Barbara Ehrenreich
October 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
- Barbara Ehrenreich
- Barbara Ehrenreich
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
September 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.
- Garry Kasparov
- Garry Kasparov
September 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The point of modern propaganda isn't only to misinform or push an agenda. It is to exhaust your critical thinking, to annihilate truth.
- Garry Kasparov
- Garry Kasparov
A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.
- Charles W. Pickering
- Charles W. Pickering
September 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.
- Charles W. Pickering
- Charles W. Pickering
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To win any battle, you must fight as if you are already dead.
- Miyamoto Musashi
- Miyamoto Musashi
July 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
To win any battle, you must fight as if you are already dead.
- Miyamoto Musashi
- Miyamoto Musashi
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What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.
Thomas Jefferson
Have a groovy day! 🌸Find wonder in the ordinary!✨
#dogsofbluesky #resist #thefoggydog #bandanasquad #inspiration #skydogs
Thomas Jefferson
Have a groovy day! 🌸Find wonder in the ordinary!✨
#dogsofbluesky #resist #thefoggydog #bandanasquad #inspiration #skydogs
July 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.
Thomas Jefferson
Have a groovy day! 🌸Find wonder in the ordinary!✨
#dogsofbluesky #resist #thefoggydog #bandanasquad #inspiration #skydogs
Thomas Jefferson
Have a groovy day! 🌸Find wonder in the ordinary!✨
#dogsofbluesky #resist #thefoggydog #bandanasquad #inspiration #skydogs
Though we have heard of stupid haste in war, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays.
- Sun Tzu
- Sun Tzu
June 19, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Though we have heard of stupid haste in war, cleverness has never been seen associated with long delays.
- Sun Tzu
- Sun Tzu
When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
- Sun Tzu
- Sun Tzu
June 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.
- Sun Tzu
- Sun Tzu
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
– Andrew Carnegie
– Andrew Carnegie
June 4, 2025 at 6:48 AM
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
– Andrew Carnegie
– Andrew Carnegie
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
- Elie Wiesel
- Elie Wiesel
June 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
- Elie Wiesel
- Elie Wiesel
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
- George Washington
- George Washington
May 12, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
- George Washington
- George Washington
We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.
- Pericles
- Pericles
May 9, 2025 at 12:54 AM
We do not say that a man who takes no interest in politics is a man who minds his own business; we say that he has no business here at all.
- Pericles
- Pericles
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin
May 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
- Benjamin Franklin
- Benjamin Franklin