Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality. — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
“No voice is so loud that it can demand that I listen to it.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Belarus is a closed, authoritarian system, and the theme of Chernobyl is also a closed topic. — Svetlana Alexievich Copy Share Image
My father was a man very much like Arthur Winslow. He was a very stern man and very much the authoritarian figure. — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“Democracy can exist only in the countries where people are brave! Coward nations always live under the authoritarian regimes!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“Morally authoritarian movements are attractive to ugly, miserable, talentless people.” — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
Private property creates for the individual a sphere in which he is free of the state. It sets limits to the operation… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Authoritarian systems evolve. Authoritarianism in the Internet Age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism. — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
“You find the most outrageous deviants in the countries with the most authoritarian systems.” — Amélie Nothomb Copy Share Image
I am the first authoritarian government elected to become a dictator and then resigning as a dictator. So this is the first… — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think the Chinese model is one that appeals more and more in the developing world. People see that an authoritarian state… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
My view of Trump is that, while he has done some extremely noxious things, in general his worst feature, his most authoritarian… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
Universities are some of the few places left where a struggle for the commons, for public life, if not democracy itself, can… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
When we talk about authoritarianism, we conjure up out-of-date visions from the 1930s. But we are no more likely to do authoritarian… — David Frum Copy Share Image
Hong Kong has always been a symbol of the vibrant and free exchange of cultures, commerce and ideas. This reputation is threatened,… — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
“Many people prefer to treat themselves as objects, and they are relieved by an opportunity to deliver themselves into the hands of… — Herbert Spiegel Copy Share Image
In any authoritarian society, the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside, he will come after you. This… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
A revolution is certainly the most authoritarian thing there is; it is the act whereby one part of the population imposes its… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
There is no time and space limitation for public accountability on the Internet. Creative commonality is standard and does not resemble the… — Eduardo Paes Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Slackless organizations tend to be authoritarian. When efficiency is the principal goal, decision making can't be distributed. It has to be in… — Tom DeMarco Copy Share Image
Americans like to talk about (or be told about) Democracy but, when put to the test, usually find it to be an… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
“Socialism is not really an option in the material world. There can be no collective ownership of anything materially scarce. One or… — Jeffrey Tucker Copy Share Image
Cumulatively, American society is sliding toward a new form of 'authoritarian democracy'. Elections continue, free speech is generally protected, institutions operate in… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
“Several psychologists (L. Armstrong, 1994; Enns, McNeilly, Corkery, & Gilbert, 1995; Herman, 1992; McFarlane & van der Kolk, 1996; Pope & Brown,… — Rachel E. Goldsmith Copy Share Image
“The Constitution, the National Assembly, the dynastic parties, the blue and the red republicans, the heroes of Africa, the thunder from the… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“Individualism may be the greatest boon to authoritarianism since the whip, and has helped prolong it well beyond its natural lifespan. Its… — Philip Slater Copy Share Image
You really don't create an authoritarian society unless you control the personal choices including the sexual choices of the people. — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
As every authoritarian regime knows, association can be a dangerous thing. From discussion it is only a few steps to action. — Ann Scott Copy Share Image
One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
An authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of me, and I have always admitted it. — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself. — Sonia Rykiel Copy Share Image
Once people sense their own power, no authoritarian government can stand against the people who are determined to be free. — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Copy Share Image
