The deadliest foe of democracy is not autocracy but liberty frenzied. — Otto Hermann Kahn Copy Share Image
No outdoor sports can be more elegant than throwing stones at autocracy; no melees can be more exciting than those in cyberspace. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
“To the less privileged it was this arbitrariness that made the regime's power feel so oppressive. There were no clear principles or… — Orlando Figes Copy Share Image
“Democracy; Everyone's opinion is required! Autocracy; Someone's opinion is the best! Christocracy; What Christ said is FINAL!” — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
The disruptive powers of excessive national fecundity may have played a greater part in bursting the bonds of convention than either the… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
“But no one who studies autocratic propaganda believes that fact-checking or even swift reactions are sufficient. By the time the correction is… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
While American men are fighting to rid the old world of autocracy let American women set to and rid the new world… — Crystal Eastman Copy Share Image
The autocracies of the Arab world have been as economically destructive as they've been politically repressive. — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
The chief support of an autocracy is a standing army. The chief support of a democracy is an educated people. — Lotus Coffman Copy Share Image
It is not true that democracy will always safeguard freedom of conscience better than autocracy. Witness the most famous of all trials.… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
I was interested by the idea that artists working in a totalitarian dictatorship or tsarist autocracy are secretly and slightly shamefully envied… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
I would have to point out in the strongest terms the autocracy of the Liberal structure and the cowardice of its members.… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Russia is leading a movement around the world to spread autocracy and authoritarianism. — Adam Schiff Copy Share Image
Take a look at the police and how they treat you, Take a look at these corporations that cheat you. Democrats and… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
The money power preys on the nation in times of peace, and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Washington was a charismatic leader with singular judgment who might have usurped a republic still in infancy, when precedent did not weigh… — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Watching both the health care and climate/energy debates in Congress, it is hard not to draw the following conclusion: There is only… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
Every nation has its war party. It is not the party of democracy. It is the party of autocracy. It seeks to… — Robert M. La Follette, Sr Copy Share Image
Aside from the occasional genocide, oppression, evil and torture, etc., it is inarguable that public policy could be implemented more rapidly in… — David Harsanyi Copy Share Image
“The rights and liberties represented by democracy, many agreed, were losing ground across the globe to restrictions imposed by authoritarian autocracy… It… — Aberjhani Copy Share Image
It would be folly to argue that the people cannot make political mistakes. They can and do make grave mistakes. They know… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“Free people were not ruled. Freedom had first to be valued before its existence could be demanded.” — Terry Goodkind Copy Share Image
“In the mind of the ordinary peasant the Tsar was not just a kingly ruler but a god on earth. He thought… — Orlando Figes Copy Share Image
