Authoritarian Quotes · Page 2

In a sense [Joseph] Albers was an authoritarian teacher. He had rules about most things and very definite ideas.

— Michael Craig-Martin

Trump has a lot of authoritarian tendencies that need to be a serious concern.

— Jonathan Chait

Obama is a statist. He's an authoritarian. He doesn't want to govern; he wants to rule.

— Rush Limbaugh

One of the strange things about violent and authoritarian regimes is they don't like the glare of negative publicity.

— Salman Rushdie

An authoritarian style of rule is characteristic of me, and I have always admitted it.

— Alexander Lukashenko

As every authoritarian regime knows, association can be a dangerous thing. From discussion it is only a few steps to action.

— Ann Scott

Once people sense their own power, no authoritarian government can stand against the people who are determined to be free.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

However vain our entire political class or organizations are, in the name of cynicism we cannot bend towards authoritarian populism.

— Padmapriya Janakiraman

Universities are some of the few places left where a struggle for the commons, for public life, if not democracy itself, can…

— Henry Giroux

My view of Trump is that, while he has done some extremely noxious things, in general his worst feature, his most authoritarian…

— Ross Douthat

Hong Kong has always been a symbol of the vibrant and free exchange of cultures, commerce and ideas. This reputation is threatened,…

— Joshua Wong

When we talk about authoritarianism, we conjure up out-of-date visions from the 1930s.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

Libraries have had a long history of dealing with authoritarian organizations demanding reader records - who's read what - and this has…

— Brewster Kahle

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

Obama might think of himself as one, but he is not a dictator. We are not a banana republic yet. This is…

— Rush Limbaugh

“AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES USUALLY include a special riot police force whose task is to disperse citizens who seek to protest, and a secret…

— Timothy Snyder

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

I've had people say, "You know, this 'Hope and Change' business, Rush, it's just as dangerous as, 'Make America Great Again,' all…

— Rush Limbaugh

The behavioral scientist Karen Stenner has written very eloquently about people who have what she calls an authoritarian predisposition, a personality type…

— Anne Applebaum

“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

I suppose authoritarians don't like being made fun of because authoritarian rulers have a very inflated sense of themselves and don't like…

— Salman Rushdie

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

“authoritarian institutions, such as governments and churches, do not use language but jargon, repetitive phrases that are not supposed to have meaning…

— Norman Cantor

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

I didn't listen to anyone. I was so violent, so authoritarian, only listening to what I wanted and myself.

— Sonia Rykiel

The thread of culture that runs through the entire history of punk is also a dedication to challenging the authoritarian.

— Greg Graffin

Authoritarian blindness is a perennial problem, especially in large countries like China with centralized, top-down administration.

— Zeynep Tufekci

Let me clarify this very definitely. This is not an authoritarian organization.

— L. Ron Hubbard

Social media now make it easier to organize protest movements, even - or perhaps especially - in authoritarian regimes.

— Chrystia Freeland

“Religiosity that is hostile to sex is the product of authoritarian society.”

— Wilhelm Reich

My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian ruling style is characteristic of me.

— Alexander Lukashenko

“This should remind us that violence is first of all authoritarian. It begins with this premise: I have the right to control…

— Rebecca Solnit

“The desire to be on sure ground is the relict of an authoritarian frame of mind.”

— Ernst Tugendhat

Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand.

— Meryl Streep

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.

— Potter Stewart

There is an authoritarian strain in all of Leftism-- because the bigger the government, the more it controls other peoples' lives

— Dennis Prager

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

We say less things about Australians than Australians say about us, calling me a dictator, authoritarian government.

— Mahathir Mohamad

“To make no decision in regard to the growth of authoritarian government is already a decision for it.”

— Francis August Schaeffer

I'm actually a miserable, authoritarian guy at home... no really, I'm strict.

— Sean Lock