Despots
[despəts]
Examples
- O, my dear brethren and fellow-sojourners in Vanity Fair, which among you does not know and suffer under such benevolent despots? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The consent of the governed is more than a safeguard against ignorant tyrants: it is an insurance against benevolent despots as well. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Emperor of Morocco is a soulless despot, and the great officers under him are despots on a smaller scale. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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