Authoritarian Quotes · Page 2

Belarus is a closed, authoritarian system, and the theme of Chernobyl is also a closed topic.

— Svetlana Alexievich

No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control.

— Stephen Kinzer

“This should remind us that violence is first of all authoritarian. It begins with this premise: I have the right to control…

— Rebecca Solnit

My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian ruling style is characteristic of me.

— Alexander Lukashenko

The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian.

— Greg Graffin

Authoritarian blindness is a perennial problem, especially in large countries like China with centralized, top-down administration.

— Zeynep Tufekci

Social media now make it easier to organize protest movements, even - or perhaps especially - in authoritarian regimes.

— Chrystia Freeland

Let me clarify this very definitely. This is not an authoritarian organization.

— L. Ron Hubbard

I would describe fundamentalism as, first of all, a movement led almost invariably by authoritarian males who consider themselves to be superior…

— Jimmy Carter

The one source of criticism even the most repressive authoritarian leader cannot silence is the outside world. Autocrats are usually thin-skinned and…

— Chrystia Freeland

I am the first authoritarian government elected to become a dictator and then resigning as a dictator. So this is the first…

— Mahathir Mohamad

I have no truck with the faintly conspiratorial argument that international governments are gleeful about a public-health emergency to enact authoritarian measures.

— Claire Fox

Too many countries of the former Soviet bloc remain under the control of authoritarian leaders, including some, like the Russian president, Vladimir…

— Joseph Stiglitz

That the more authoritarian organizations survive and prevail goes generally unnoticed because people focus on the objectives of organizations, which are many…

— Robert Shea

Vladimir Putin has to create foreign enemies, and he also has to justify... he has to claim... he can't acknowledge that there's…

— Bill Browder

We know China is working across the U.N. system to drive an authoritarian agenda that stands in opposition to the founding values…

— Linda Thomas-Greenfield

“Socialism is not really an option in the material world. There can be no collective ownership of anything materially scarce. One or…

— Jeffrey Tucker

Americans like to talk about (or be told about) Democracy but, when put to the test, usually find it to be an…

— Frank Zappa

“The real and, to me, inexcusable danger in Dianetics lies in its conception of the amoral, detached, 100 per cent efficient mechanical…

— Janet Reitman

When the newly formed middle class in China begins to perceive its interests and discovers the value of the rule of law,…

— Heinrich August Winkler

I've had people say, "You know, this 'Hope and Change' business, Rush, it's just as dangerous as, 'Make America Great Again,' all…

— Rush Limbaugh

And to me, that is the greatest danger, that people start questioning basic facts and start not understanding the importance of democratic…

— Ted Lieu

A revolution is certainly the most authoritarian thing there is; it is the act whereby one part of the population imposes its…

— Friedrich Engels

In any authoritarian society, the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside, he will come after you. This…

— Salman Rushdie

“Religiosity that is hostile to sex is the product of authoritarian society.”

— Wilhelm Reich

Once people sense their own power, no authoritarian government can stand against the people who are determined to be free.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

However vain our entire political class or organizations are, in the name of cynicism we cannot bend towards authoritarian populism.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself.

— Sonia Rykiel

Obama is a statist. He's an authoritarian. He doesn't want to govern; he wants to rule.

— Rush Limbaugh

An authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of me, and I have always admitted it.

— Alexander Lukashenko

One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.

— Salman Rushdie

As every authoritarian regime knows, association can be a dangerous thing. From discussion it is only a few steps to action.

— Ann Scott

We very clearly do not want an authoritarian regime... setting standards in the world marketplace.

— John Ratcliffe

We say less things about Australians than Australians say about us, calling me a dictator, authoritarian government.

— Mahathir Mohamad

“To make no decision in regard to the growth of authoritarian government is already a decision for it.”

— Francis August Schaeffer

I'm actually a miserable, authoritarian guy at home... no really, I'm strict.

— Sean Lock

Even more than comparing society to a family, comparing it to a body makes an authoritarian ordering of society seem inevitable, immutable.

— Susan Sontag

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.

— Potter Stewart

There is an authoritarian strain in all of Leftism-- because the bigger the government, the more it controls other peoples' lives

— Dennis Prager

I'm a good authoritarian figure; I don't know why. 'Can you be a cop?' Sure. 'Can you be a Marine?' Absolutely. Well,…

— Henry Rollins