“She’d worn anxiety like a thick robe for so long that it was hard for her to take it off.” — Pernell Plath Meier Copy Share Image
You do not have to obey the law you did not sign under, until you hurt anyone. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Talking about freedom in the country where people are afraid of losing their jobs is absurdity. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
You are your own temple and you find tranquility being confined to yourself. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
If knowledge does not bring money, the book is its place, not the brain. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“The doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty has become the doctrine of the executive in Parliament…” — Shirley Williams 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
The old generations have thrown themselves into the abyss between the generations... to be resurrected among the young generations! — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
It is better to kill the barbarian during his coming than to tell your children that there was culture, but the barbarians… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Any political regime allowing a person to behave obsequiously to it may not be reputable at all. There is no other choice… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Subconsciously it is possible to act, consciously it is possible to decide and overconsciously to create. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Everyone has right not to recognize the sovereignty of the state and thus he has right to avoid the taxes. Human freedom… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“Open confession of dictatorship is far less dangerous than sham democracy. One can defend oneself against the former; the latter is like… — Wilhelm Reich Copy Share Image
If you say that you reject violence when it exceeds the limits imposed by the needs of defense, they accuse you of… — Errico Malatesta Copy Share Image
What, actually, is the difference between communism and fascism? Both are forms of statism, authoritarianism. The only difference between Stalin's communism and… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
To demonize state authoritarianism while ignoring identical albeit contract-consecrated subservient arrangements in the large-scale corporations which control the world economy is fetishism… — Bob Black Copy Share Image
We must nevertheless present all possible interpretations for each observation, so that competing theories can be formulated and defended. In science, as… — Hubert Reeves Copy Share Image
liberty, which means resisting all forms of cultural authoritarianism, be it from the right wing church, black ideologues, black nationalists, or mainstream… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“The people have realized that Martial Law is not law. A regime not established by law is devoid of the attribute to… — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
In the '30s and '40s, the search for Hungarian national identity led famously to an alliance with Hitler and the destruction of… — Susan Faludi Copy Share Image
We begin the path toward defeating Mexico's real adversary, who represents authoritarianism and the worst antidemocratic practice, who represents a return to… — Josefina Vazquez Mota Copy Share Image
“Looking into the mirror I ask myself: "You live in a house equipped with air conditioning. You eat tasty food. You utilize… — Marinella Venanzi Copy Share Image
“There’s nothing “grown-up” about wanting the State to punish people without evidence of guilt so that you can feel safe. It’s actually… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“The fact that the stupid person is often stubborn must not blind us to the fact that he is not independent. In… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“We have to be well fed, the gringo tells us, so we can defend the country. In exchange for these pleasures, we… — Manlio Argueta Copy Share Image
“I have been called arrogant myself in my time, and hope to earn the title again, but to claim that I am… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“And I wonder, therefore, how James Atlas can have been so indulgent in his recent essay ‘The Changing World of New York… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“One of the arguments that authoritarian governments use to ward off the call for greater political freedom is to argue that American-style… — Evan Osnos Copy Share Image
It was with the last revolution and the coming of INGSOC (Inglish/English Socialism) that the latest High learnt how to keep their… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
A republic is not an easy form of government to live under, and when the responsibility of citizenship is evaded, democracy decays… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
Authoritarianism doesn't fall on a nation like a book falling from a shelf and striking you in the head. It rolls in… — Joy Reid Copy Share Image
Taxpayer is a person who pays for the maintenance of the state, so the phrase obligations of the citizen to the state… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“Love permits and even respects dissent: Authoritarianism does not. Everybody should learn the difference.” — Jeri Massi Copy Share Image
No creature but human has practiced such a meaningless cause as looking for the meaning of life. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
“Any book that spreads weakness in the heart of one gender, and authoritarianism in the other, must be burnt to ashes.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African… — Ama Ata Aidoo Copy Share Image
