ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DESPOT
From Medieval Latin despota, from Greek despotēs lord, master; related to Latin domus house.
8 QUOTES WITH «DESPOT»
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despot.
Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.
Our nation and those of the developed world must offer our own resistance to despot leaders who seek to commit murder on the basis of religion or race.
Here Fashion is a despot, and no one dreams of evading its dictates.
If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.
No tyrant, however evil, has yet lacked ready hands to execute his most abominable will. To read how eagerly men have rushed to serve the despot is the bitterest, the saddest matter of history; it is the saddest sight in our own day.
Thomas Babington Macaulay
A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.
The single despot stands out in the face of all men, and says: I am the State: My will is law: I am your master: I take the responsibility of my acts: The only arbiter I acknowledge is the sword: If any one denies my right, let him try conclusions with me.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESPOT»
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despot in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
despot and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Birth of the
Despot: Venice and the Sublime Porte
The Birth of the Despot examines a crucial moment in the long and ambiguous encounter between the Christian and Islamic worlds: the period after the fall of Constantinople to the Turks, when Venice's pursuit of its commercial and maritime ...
2
Portrait of a
Despot: The Modern Traits
Museveni's twenty five years of egregious rule in Uganda, the book demonstrates how the mighty "Portrait of a Despot" hanging menacingly over every strand of life in a given country can have disastrous long term consequences on democracy, ...
Charles Ochen Okwir,
2011
3
Positive Despotism: An Account of Aristotle’s "Beneficent ...
A Personal Despot is a dictator or a tyrant by nature. This is basically what the definition state. However, some philosophers and thinkers believe that despots do not necessarily have to be unjust and totalitarian.
4
The
Despot of Broomsedge
Charles Egbert Craddock. " He did n't say, but somehow he got it out of the man
who let the secret slip." Marcella knitted her brows, and fixed her pondering eyes
upon the fire ; her breath was quick ; the rich color had deserted her cheek.
Charles Egbert Craddock,
2008
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Biographical Dictionary of Women's Movements and Feminisms ...
From 1977 until her death. Despot lived with (and in 1990 married) Dr. Zoran
Zugic, professor at the Faculty of Kinesiology. In 1988, she had a severe car
accident and her vocal cords were seriously damaged, forcing her to abandon
teaching.
Francisca de Haan, Krasimira Daskalova, Anna Loutfi,
2006
6
Early Albania: A Reader of Historical Texts, 11th-17th Centuries
The fourth title was magacissate (megas domestikos). The fifth title was
pagnipersevastos {panhyper- sebastos). These, after the despot, are high courtly
titles, as I have said. Those who held any of these five titles were also addressed
with the ...
7
The Age of Enlightened
Despot, 1660-1789
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Arthur Henry Johnson,
2010
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The Sovereignty and Supremacy of King Jesus: Bowing to the ...
A book showing how Jesus is truly King and will do all his will throughout the world and history
9
Authoritarian Regimes in Latin America: Dictators, Despots, ...
This thoughtful text describes how Latin America's authoritarian culture has been and continues to be reflected in a variety of governments, from the near-anarchy of the early regional bosses (caudillos), to all-powerful personalistic ...
10
Playford: Benevolent
Despot
Drawing on a wide range of sources, the author also examine most of the significant political events in SA from the 1940s to the 1960s. Cockburn is an experienced journalist and author.
Stewart Cockburn, John Playford,
1991
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESPOT»
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despot is used in the context of the following news items.
Greek debt crisis: Alexis Tsipras attacks austerity programme at the …
Viewers were also treated to a bow-tied far right Polish MEP praising the late Chilean despot Augusto Pinochet and calling for the destruction of ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Norks execute underperforming terrapin farm manager
According to Daily NK, the chubby despot rolled up at the facility on the Taedong River in Pyongyang back in May (see pic, below), to find ... «The Register, Jul 15»
Smoking Gun on Betrayal and Genocide
... would provide the firepower that they needed to counter the weapons of Serbia's despot Slobodan Milosevic and his General Ratko Mladic, ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
Boomers to blame for Nick Kyrgios' faults
Intimidating critics and dissenters is a mark of a despot. The Abbott government is increasingly adapting these methods. So far we have had the ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
The Globalists Are Racing to World War III Before the American …
Destroy a nation a second time around by a second Bush despot in order to launch their long planned war of terror using their national security ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jul 15»
Buhari To Stay Away From Nass Crisis- Presidency
Adesina said Buhari's intervention would portray him as a “dictator or a despot” which he said runs at variance with democratic ethos and values. READ ALSO: ... «NAIJ.COM, Jul 15»
Ex-TÜBİTAK deputy chief released in report forgery case
... in my book, 'Ömrümü Yedin Bay Böcek' [You Finished Off My Life, Mr. Bug], and resisting the despot [in reference to Erdoğan] and despotism. «Today's Zaman, Jul 15»
Nass crisis: Why Buhari won't intervene – Presidency
Adesina said Buhari's intervention would portray him as a “dictator or a despot” which he said runs at variance with democratic ethos and ... «Gbooza, Jul 15»
Ex-Guatemalan despot incompetent to stand trial: doctors
But his lawyers say the report also affects a separate, much bigger case, one in which the aging ex-despot is charged with the genocide of ... «Yahoo7 News, Jul 15»
Patriotism on display
... of the 13 united States of America, ... then delivered to England and it was like poking a stick in the eye of the despot, the King of England. «McCook Daily Gazette, Jul 15»