Government and Sovereignty

Imam Ali (AS) said, Be cautious of inequity and tyranny, for verily inequity invites the sword and tyranny leads to expulsion and hastens retribution and revenge.

Imam Ali (AS) said, The most loathsome thing is the tyranny of rulers.

Imam Ali (AS) said, When the wicked become rulers, the honourable are persecuted.

Imam Ali (AS) said, One who oppresses his people helps his enemies.

Imam Ali (AS) said, By the One who split the grain and created human being! If people had not come to me and supporters had not exhausted the argument, and if Allah had not commanded the learned that they should not acquiesce in the excesses of the oppressor and the hunger of the oppressed, I would have cast its rope (i.e. of Caliphate) on its own shoulders and would have given the last one to drink from the cup of the first (i.e. I would have let things remain in their previous state). Then you would have found that in my view, this world of yours is not better than the sneezing of a goat.