Quotes about Despot

We have portrayed God not as the generous Creator, the loving Father, but as an angry despot. That idea belongs not in the biblical picture of God, but with pagan beliefs.

Sin is an exacting despot who can be vanquished by no created power, but by the sovereign power of Jesus Christ alone.

It went without saying that trying to convince an aging, embattled despot to ride off into the sunset, even if it was in his own interests, would be a delicate operation