“The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance.”– Thomas Paine Related Quotes “My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.”– Thomas Jefferson “The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.”– Aristotle “There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.”– Cyril Connolly