When I was at university in the Fifties, Latin America was full of dictators. Trujillo was the emblematic figure because, of course,… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
So benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards, right? — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Dictators are ludicrous characters, and, you know, in my career and in my life, I've always enjoyed sort of inhabiting these ludicrous,… — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share Image
“I’ve never understood in my life why all these dictators, when they stole, why didn’t they just steal a billion and spend… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
Benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
One thing for certain you will not ever hear from me is praise for dictators and strongmen who have no love for… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
'The End of America' details the 10 steps that would-be dictators always take in seeking to close an open society; it argued… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
The president, who finds so much to complain about in other areas of the world, apparently saw nothing wrong in recognizing a… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
“Dictators have no peers; only sycophants to do their bidding. That is how it was in Nazi Germany. And so it is… — Richard W. Sonnenfeldt Copy Share Image
Any kind of dictatorship, I'm uneasy. I just don't like dictators. I don't like crowds. I don't like hordes, and I don't… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
“The atom bombs are piling up in the factories, the police are prowling through the cities, the lies are streaming from the… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Muslims and Christians can work together to depose dictators and assert the power of the people. We've seen it happen on the… — Miroslav Volf Copy Share Image
Shoot the dictator and prevent the war? But the dictator is merely the tip of the whole festering boil of social pus… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“I never read the paper myself. Why bother? It's the same old shit day in and day out, dictators beating the ching-chong… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
In your dread of dictators you established a state of society in which every ward boss is a dictator, every private employer… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Like most dictators, Col Gaddafi detests the metropolis. His vision of Libya is a kind of Bedouin romantic medievalism, suspicious of universities,… — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
“Most of the dictators do allow freedom in the private space. it is their tentacles in the public space that are considered… — R. N. Prasher Copy Share Image
“In their propaganda today’s dictators rely for the most part on repetition, suppression and rationalization—the repetition of catchwords which they wish to… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
For decades, I have watched neoconservatives paint those who oppose their interventionism as appeasers of dictators standing in solidarity with socialists, soft… — Ro Khanna Copy Share Image
Like every country, North Korea has some very smart people. They could be contributing a lot more to science and other areas,… — Lee Hyeon-seo Copy Share Image
Our actions to overthrow secular dictators in Iraq and Libya, and attempts now to do the same in Syria, have resulted in… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
To be sure, dictators are crafty, evil geniuses with awesome firepower at their disposal. They are also brutally efficient at intimidation, terrorism,… — George Ayittey Copy Share Image
“I suppose...my experience with organized faith of any stripe is somewhat stilted," Baisyl admitted. 'As far as my eyes have seen, it's… — Anihyr Moonstar Copy Share Image
Dictators during the entire history of this planet have used similar techniques. By not letting the people of their country know what… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“And who died and made you boss?" But I knew a lost cause when I saw it and was already pulling my… — Rob Thurman Copy Share Image
