“Religiosity that is hostile to sex is the product of authoritarian society.” — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian. — Greg Graffin Copy Share Image
Let me clarify this very definitely. This is not an authoritarian organization. — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
Social media now make it easier to organize protest movements, even - or perhaps especially - in authoritarian regimes. — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian ruling style is characteristic of me. — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
“This should remind us that violence is first of all authoritarian. It begins with this premise: I have the right to control… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand. — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
“The desire to be on sure ground is the relict of an authoritarian frame of mind.” — Ernst Tugendhat Copy Share Image
My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of… — Alexander Lukashenko Copy Share Image
To be a parent, you must be authoritarian. If the Zambians want to succeed, they must learn to work hard, and they… — Michael Sata Copy Share Image
“AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES USUALLY include a special riot police force whose task is to disperse citizens who seek to protest, and a secret… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“Should an authoritarian Socialist society ever succeed in establishing itself, it could not last; general discontent would soon force it to break… — Pyotr Kropotkin Copy Share Image
One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity. If you can… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Obama might think of himself as one, but he is not a dictator. We are not a banana republic yet. This is… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
You in the West have been sold the idea that the only options in the Arab world are between authoritarian regimes and… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
Trump's authoritarian instincts - his refusal to accept or even learn the rules of the constitutional system - are a huge part… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
“If you care about other people, that's now a very dangerous idea. If you care about other people, you might try to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The behavioral scientist Karen Stenner has written very eloquently about people who have what she calls an authoritarian predisposition, a personality type… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
“I'm not sure exactly where I stand in this generational continuum. I'm rebellious, but not against tradition--I'm very respectful of tradition. I'm… — Wafaa Bilal Copy Share Image
“authoritarian institutions, such as governments and churches, do not use language but jargon, repetitive phrases that are not supposed to have meaning… — Norman Cantor Copy Share Image
One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity. If you can… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The state does not belong in bedrooms. So I'm not authoritarian. I don't say: 'You shouldn't do this, you must do that.'… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
Many of us were a little to early to assume that the most logical uses of the internet in authoritarian states would… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
Twilight of the Elites main thesis has been borne out far past what I could ever have imagined. The major idea was… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
I'm a good authoritarian figure; I don't know why. 'Can you be a cop?' Sure. 'Can you be a Marine?' Absolutely. Well,… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime. — Potter Stewart Copy Share Image
There is an authoritarian strain in all of Leftism-- because the bigger the government, the more it controls other peoples' lives — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
Even more than comparing society to a family, comparing it to a body makes an authoritarian ordering of society seem inevitable, immutable. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
We say less things about Australians than Australians say about us, calling me a dictator, authoritarian government. — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
“To make no decision in regard to the growth of authoritarian government is already a decision for it.” — Francis August Schaeffer Copy Share Image
I'm actually a miserable, authoritarian guy at home... no really, I'm strict. — Sean Lock Copy Share Image
We very clearly do not want an authoritarian regime... setting standards in the world marketplace. — John Ratcliffe Copy Share Image
I was essentially trained by World War II vets who combined a progressive view of life with a deep distrust of anything… — Sander Levin Copy Share Image
This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on capital punishment. — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
“The working class had imposed upon them a sterile and authoritarian educational system which mirrored the ethos of the corporate workplace.” — Anthony M. Platt Copy Share Image
Vladimir Putin is creating an axis of authoritarian regimes that he will lead. — Malcolm Nance Copy Share Image
The question is: Particularly in the post-9/11 era, are societies becoming more liberal or more authoritarian? — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Hong Kong people stand in the front line to confront authoritarian suppression. — Joshua Wong Copy Share Image
“The Maoist mechanisms of social control have been loosened. A totalitarian state has become merely an authoritarian one.” — Gordon G. Chang Copy Share Image
With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society. — Ma Ying-jeou Copy Share Image
