In nation after nation, democracy has taken the place of autocracy. — John Charles Polanyi Copy Share Image
The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied. — Otto Hermann Kahn Copy Share Image
The war has begun between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi. Modi's rule is autocracy and Rahul's soul is democracy. — Vijayashanti Copy Share Image
In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy, a few people have their way; in a democracy, no one… — Celia Green Copy Share Image
Russia is leading a movement around the world to spread autocracy and authoritarianism. — Adam Schiff Copy Share Image
Nationhood is more likely to guarantee autocracy, decadence and corruption than real democracy. — Martin Dansky Copy Share Image
“In a democracy where the ignorant are in the majority, democracy always slides towards autocracy.” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
The Kingdom of Heaven is a military autocracy and there is no public opinion in it. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when democracy has to fight with autocracy, what can be done? We have to fight; somebody has to. — Mamata Banerjee Copy Share Image
“Democracy in books is, for the people, by the people, democracy on street is rule of the apes in a land of… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Washington was a charismatic leader with singular judgment who might have usurped a republic still in infancy, when precedent did not weigh… — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Orthodox churches, autocracy and national traditions are supposed to form a new national ideology in Russia. This would mean that Russia would… — Vladimir Sorokin Copy Share Image
Aside from the occasional genocide, oppression, evil and torture, etc., it is inarguable that public policy could be implemented more rapidly in… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
The memoirs of the Grand Duchess Olga are an entertaining record for anyone interested in the imperial family's home life during the… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
Which, autocracy or democracy, is really better suited to modern China? If we base our judgment upon the intelligence and the ability… — Sun Yat-sen Copy Share Image
It would be folly to argue that the people cannot make political mistakes. They can and do make grave mistakes. They know… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“To the less privileged it was this arbitrariness that made the regime's power feel so oppressive. There were no clear principles or… — Orlando Figes Copy Share Image
It was always presumptuous to expect Russia, an ancient nation-state and proud empire of distinct culture with a tradition of autocracy, to… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
Watching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
“But no one who studies autocratic propaganda believes that fact-checking or even swift reactions are sufficient. By the time the correction is… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Take a look at the police and how they treat you, Take a look at these corporations that cheat you. Democrats and… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
In tribal times, there were the medicine men. In the Middle Ages, there were the priests. Today, there are the lawyers. For… — Fred Rodell Copy Share Image
They realize that in thirty-four months we have built up new instruments of public power. In the hands of a peoples Government… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Trump wants to be an autocrat, he does want to be a Vladimir Putin-style ruler. His chief strategic advisor, Steve Bannon, is… — Malcolm Wrightson Nance Copy Share Image
The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied. Liberty is not foolproof. For its beneficent working it demands self-restraint,… — Otto Hermann Kahn Copy Share Image
“There are also those who delusively if not enthusiastically surrender their liberty for the mastermind’s false promises of human and societal perfectibility.… — Mark R. Levin Copy Share Image
“No man has the right to rule over another man, otherwise such a right necessarily, and immediately becomes the right of the… — Abraham Kuyper Copy Share Image
The Chinese, as befits a Communist autocracy, approached the task of dominating the Olympics with top-down military discipline. — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
“Democracy; Everyone's opinion is required! Autocracy; Someone's opinion is the best! Christocracy; What Christ said is FINAL!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“Free people were not ruled. Freedom had first to be valued before its existence could be demanded.” — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
Alexander II really used autocracy well to negotiate the freeing of the serfs in 1861. — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
The autocracies of the Arab world have been as economically destructive as they've been politically repressive. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to… — Robert M. La Follette, Sr Copy Share Image
The chief support of an autocracy is a standing army. The chief support of a democracy is an educated people. — Lotus Coffman Copy Share Image
No outdoor sports can be more elegant than throwing stones at autocracy; no melees can be more exciting than those in cyberspace. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
It is acknowledged, namely, that there are in the world three forms of government, autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy: autocracies and oligarchies are… — Aeschines Copy Share Image
The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
