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title: "20 Authoritarian government Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 20 Authoritarian government quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Authoritarian government sayings and thoughts."
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> [China is building a model for how an authoritarian government can survive the Internet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-mackinnon/china-is-building-a-model-for-how-an-authoritarian-government-can/)

[Rebecca MacKinnon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-mackinnon/)

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> [“To make no decision in regard to the growth of authoritarian government is already a decision for it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-august-schaeffer/to-make-no-decision-in-regard-to-the-growth-of-authoritarian/)

[Francis August Schaeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-august-schaeffer/)

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> [We say less things about Australians than Australians say about us, calling me a dictator, authoritarian government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahathir-mohamad/we-say-less-things-about-australians-than-australians-say-about-us/)

[Mahathir Mohamad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahathir-mohamad/)

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> [There is a single theme behind all our work-we must reduce population levels,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ferguson/there-is-a-single-theme-behind-all-our-work-we-must-reduce-population/)

[Thomas Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ferguson/)

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> [Why do economists fall in love with authoritarian governments?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yasheng-huang/why-do-economists-fall-in-love-with-authoritarian-governments/)

[Yasheng Huang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yasheng-huang/)

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> [Once people sense their own power, no authoritarian government can stand against the people who are determined to be free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tsakhiagiin-elbegdorj/once-people-sense-their-own-power-no-authoritarian-government-can/)

[Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tsakhiagiin-elbegdorj/)

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> [The hope in the hearts of millions of national socialists can be fulfilled only by an authoritarian government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-von-papen/the-hope-in-the-hearts-of-millions-of-national-socialists-can-be/)

[Franz von Papen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-von-papen/)

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> [“As in 1917, the drift towards authoritarian government under Putin was enabled by the weakness of the middle classes and public institutions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orlando-figes/as-in-1917-the-drift-towards-authoritarian-government-under-putin-was/)

[Orlando Figes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orlando-figes/)

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> [Democracy acknowledges the right to differ as well as the duty to settle differences peacefully. Authoritarian governments see criticism of their actions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aung-san-suu-kyi/democracy-acknowledges-the-right-to-differ-as-well-as-the-duty-to/)

[Aung San Suu Kyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aung-san-suu-kyi/)

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> [Authoritarian governments are now trying to ensure that the increasingly free flow of ideas and information through cyberspace fuels their economies without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-bremmer/authoritarian-governments-are-now-trying-to-ensure-that-the/)

[Ian Bremmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-bremmer/)

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> [Hong Kong has been the place where the memory of Tiananmen Square lives on; Hong Kong people have become more and more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-row/hong-kong-has-been-the-place-where-the-memory-of-tiananmen-square/)

[Jess Row](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-row/)

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> [There is a single theme behind all our work-we must reduce population levels. Either governments do it our way, through nice clean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-ferguson/there-is-a-single-theme-behind-all-our-work-we-must-reduce-population-2/)

[Thomas Ferguson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-ferguson/)

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> [We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/we-see-the-tendency-in-the-world-to-criticise-democracy-and-sometimes/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

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> [Someone is going to figure out how to make this work and when they do, all the anti-gambling, over-regulating authoritarian governments will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/calvin-ayre/someone-is-going-to-figure-out-how-to-make-this-work-and-when-they-do/)

[Calvin Ayre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/calvin-ayre/)

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> [America needs fewer laws, not more prisons. By trying to seize far more power than is necessary over American citizens, the federal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-bovard/america-needs-fewer-laws-not-more-prisons-by-trying-to-seize-far-more/)

[James Bovard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-bovard/)

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> [The family is the basic cell of government: it is where we are trained to believe that we are human beings or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-steinem/the-family-is-the-basic-cell-of-government-it-is-where-we-are-trained/)

[Gloria Steinem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-steinem/)

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> [When we talk about authoritarianism, we conjure up out-of-date visions from the 1930s. But we are no more likely to do authoritarian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-frum/when-we-talk-about-authoritarianism-we-conjure-up-out-of-date-visions/)

[David Frum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-frum/)

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> [If people want consultative government, the price is increased complexity and delay in arriving at decisions. If they want speed of government,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-james-cowperthwaite/if-people-want-consultative-government-the-price-is-increased/)

[John James Cowperthwaite](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-james-cowperthwaite/)

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> [...As the disparity between the rich and the poor grows, the fight to corner resources is intensifying. To push through their "sweetheart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arundhati-roy/as-the-disparity-between-the-rich-and-the-poor-grows-the-fight-to/)

[Arundhati Roy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arundhati-roy/)

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> [When people become frightened, they look for things of real value. They will go to monetary metals, gold and silver, and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-paul/when-people-become-frightened-they-look-for-things-of-real-value-they/)

[Ron Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-paul/)

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                        "text": "...As the disparity between the rich and the poor grows, the fight to corner resources is intensifying. To push through their \"sweetheart deals,\" to corporatize the crops we grow, the water we drink, the air we breathe, and the dreams we dream, corporate globalization needs an international confederation of loyal, corrupt, authoritarian governments in poorer countries to push through unpopular reforms and quell the mutinies. Corporate Globalization-or shall we call it by its name?-Imperialism-needs a press that pretends to be free. It needs courts that pretend to dispense justice.",
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                        "text": "When people become frightened, they look for things of real value. They will go to monetary metals, gold and silver, and they will buy other things, such as buying property. But no matter what we have, whether we have our gold coins or we have our property, if we have an authoritarian government, that is our greatest threat. So, I would like to think that there is no perfect protection, other than shrinking the size and scope and power of government, so that we can be left alone and take care of ourselves.",
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