An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon…

“An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion soon degenerates. For force always attract men of low morality.”

— Albert Einstein

Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels.

— Albert Einstein

Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are succeeded by scoundrels.

— Albert Einstein

In living through this great epoch, it is difficult to reconcile oneself to the fact that one belongs to that mad, degenerate species that…

— Albert Einstein

Autocratic power requires the degradation of moral authority - not the capture of moral high ground.

— Masha Gessen

“If the master allows himself to be commanded by a servant, the latter becomes autocratic; the mind is similarly enslaved by submitting to bodily…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent.

— Leslie Nielsen

No central planning, no autocratic rule and no military regime can produce what free man can do.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

A republican government in a hundred points is weaker than an autocratic government; but in this one point it is the strongest that ever…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.

— Beau Willimon

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don't live in that world anymore.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.

— Alastair Reynolds

I've always been completely autocratic. I've never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.

— Alan Parker

In the post-Soviet era, instead of freedom, various stripes of autocratic-totalitarianism have flourished: Russian, Belarusian, Kazakh... We are finding our way out from under…

— Svetlana Alexievich