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==Overcoming Tyrants==
==Overcoming Tyrants==
* Everyone experiences fear, including fear of humiliation.
* Courage can overcome fear.
* We are responsible for our own choices.
* We all have sources of power we can draw on.
* Authentic self-confidence increases our power.
* Inquiry, evidence, and respectful debate are powerful tools for uncovering what is.
* Alliances can increase our power.
* We each have our own important stories to tell.
* Tyrants use the trappings of power to enhance their image.
* Tyrants suppress and manipulate opponents by exploiting their fears.
* We often respond to image before we respond to substance.
* Image is not substance.
* You can speak truth to power.
* Tyrants respond differently to compassion than they do to threats, dominance, or humiliation.
* All things must pass; even tyranny is impermanent.


Everyone experiences fear, including fear of humiliation.
Courage can overcome fear.
We are responsible for our own choices.
We all have sources of power we can draw on.
Authentic self-confidence increases our power.
Inquiry, evidence, and argument are powerful tools for uncovering what is.
Alliances can increase our power.
We each have our own important stories to tell.
Tyrants use the trappings of power to enhance their image.
Tyrants suppress and manipulate opponents by exploiting their fears.
We often respond to image before we respond to substance.
Image is not substance.
You can speak truth to power.
Tyrants respond differently to compassion than they do to threats, dominance, or humiliation.
All things must pass; even tyranny is impermanent.
==Quotations==
==Quotations==
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” ~  Lord Acton
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.” ~  Lord Acton