Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
There are examples of fraternal dictatorships, or one, anyway: the passing of power from Fidel to Raul Castro. — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
Throughout my entire life, I have lived in the shadow of the dictatorship. It denied me safety and security. — Hisham Matar Copy Share Image
If the test of patriotism comes only by reflexively falling into lockstep behind the leader whenever the flag is waved, then what… — Michael Pare Copy Share Image
“For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey between footsteps makes up our lives.” — Ally Condie Copy Share Image
Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been the first to justify the beginnings of… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Despite egregious human rights abuses, military dictatorship in Greece, and Russian atrocities in Chechnya, no state has ever been voted out of… — Dominic Raab Copy Share Image
England is no longer controlled by Britons, we are under the invisible Jewish dictatorship, a dictatorship that can be felt in every… — Nesta Helen Webster Copy Share Image
True negotiation takes place when each side respects the other, and their point of view, and enters into the discussion positively. If… — Tony Buzan Copy Share Image
The transition from dictatorship to democracy is always very difficult, and if you read a history of any country that went through… — Wael Ghonim Copy Share Image
Peace is not merely the absence of war. Nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
The human condition for the vast majority of people on this planet for the entire time of what humanity has been here… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Here in Spain, there are Argentine Jews, children and grandchildren of immigrants of Jews who fled Germany or Austria in the thirties,… — Antonio Munoz Molina Copy Share Image
The Germans should be the first to sympathize with us [Egyptians]. They know how difficult it is to build a democracy following… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
So you know what we have to do is stop looking for leadership from the top, because the least among us make… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
The People's democratic dictatorship needs the leadership of the working class. For it is only the working class that is most far-sighted,… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
Any comparison between the military dictatorship and democracy can only come from those who do not value the Brazilian democracy. — Dilma Rousseff Copy Share Image
“micromanagement was a form of dictatorship. Just look at governments like the old Soviet Union to see that the results are a… — George Ilian Copy Share Image
Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
I lived in a dictatorship in Brazil, and I was arrested three times. I felt in my flesh what it is to… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“Dictatorships are ramifications of the ignorant and misguided few , which are then imposed upon and suffered, by the many!.” — Daryavesh Rothmensch Copy Share Image
Family is created to grow the Overman, not to continue the progeny; progeny is continued by the Overman anyway. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy. — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness. — Niels Bohr Copy Share Image
We cry. The Greeks cry because we have not an objective today. Yesterday we have objective to put off the dictatorship. Today… — Mikis Theodorakis Copy Share Image
The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state-controlled police and military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Is it not the excess and greed of this and the neglect of all other things that revolutionizes this constitution too and… — Plato Copy Share Image
I grew up in Mexico City at a time when the country was a repressive one-party dictatorship almost wholly dependent on oil… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
The [Barack] Obama administration wants to take our rights to keep and bear arms away from us. They are trying to take… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation - namely, life,… — Benazir Bhutto Copy Share Image
Whoever was shouting about dictatorship there...when I heard that, I thought: it's better to be a dictator than gay — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
It is high time to declare an end to the breastfeeding dictatorship that is drowning women in guilt and worry just when… — Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Copy Share Image
“In the face of a nation that shamelessly assaults the very marrow of our bones, memory is but a pale gray field.” — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
Dictatorships sometimes fall unexpectedly and quickly. And [Vladimir] Putin knows that for him, the loss of power doesn't mean a comfortable retirement,… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
People can be divided into two parts: those who leave cultural heritage after themselves and those who do not leave. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I've heard people in the Middle East tell me that the most inspiring thing for them as people struggling against dictatorship in… — Peter Beinart Copy Share Image
I was unlucky enough to grow up under a military dictatorship which had very Left-wing, socialist policies. It's not something I would… — Kemi Badenoch Copy Share Image
Generalization is flawed thinking only when applied to individuals. It is the most accurate way to describe the mass, the Wad. And… — Trevanian Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular opinion, even totalitarian dictatorships are dependent on the population and the societies they rule. — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
Storm clouds of terror and dictatorship are gathering over the whole country... They must not be allowed to bring eternal night. — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
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