Dictators Quotes · Page 4

“Why even dictate? Well, like a lot of other dictators, there's one man's opinion I value above all others. Mine.”

— Stephen Colbert

Dictators free themselves by enslaving others. They work not for your benefit, but their own.

— Charlie Chaplin

Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.

— Lech Walesa

Toppling secular dictators in the Middle East has only led to chaos and the rise of radical Islam.

— Rand Paul

“I guess that if you're afraid of a little opposition, then you're not the person who you portrayed yourself to be.”

— Anthony T. Hincks

America does not stand with dictators, and we never will and we shall never.

— Ruben Gallego

Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.

— Antonio Tabucchi

Dictators long ago found out it is easier to unite people in common hatred than common love.

— Dagobert D. Runes

As journalists, we cannot swallow the official line without question. We should challenge almost everything that dictators, presidents and officials say.

— Jorge Ramos

If we want to protect people against dictators or repression or torture, don't you need that rule to be universal so as…

— Donald Tusk

There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda. Propaganda can…

— Wole Soyinka

The war against ISIS will pose many new challenges for the next commander-in-chief. The last two presidents [George W. Bush and Barack…

— Wolf Blitzer

When dictators and tyrants seek to destroy the freedoms of men, their first target is the legal profession and through it the…

— Leon Jaworski

It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the…

— Wendell Willkie

Britain has supported theocrats and dictators as long as it served British business interests, whether under Tory or Labour rule.

— Deeyah Khan

Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces.

— Richard Perle

“Most of the dictators do allow freedom in the private space. it is their tentacles in the public space that are considered…

— R. N. Prasher

“In their propaganda today’s dictators rely for the most part on repetition, suppression and rationalization—the repetition of catchwords which they wish to…

— Aldous Huxley

Like most dictators, Col Gaddafi detests the metropolis. His vision of Libya is a kind of Bedouin romantic medievalism, suspicious of universities,…

— Hisham Matar

Like every country, North Korea has some very smart people. They could be contributing a lot more to science and other areas,…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

For decades, I have watched neoconservatives paint those who oppose their interventionism as appeasers of dictators standing in solidarity with socialists, soft…

— Ro Khanna

Our actions to overthrow secular dictators in Iraq and Libya, and attempts now to do the same in Syria, have resulted in…

— Tulsi Gabbard

To be sure, dictators are crafty, evil geniuses with awesome firepower at their disposal. They are also brutally efficient at intimidation, terrorism,…

— George Ayittey

“I suppose...my experience with organized faith of any stripe is somewhat stilted," Baisyl admitted. 'As far as my eyes have seen, it's…

— Anihyr Moonstar

“fallen empires of kings, dictators, and fools who were passionate, certain, and wrong.”

— Bobby Adair

Most dictators were short, fat, middle-aged and hairless. Besides Danny Devito, there's only me to play them.

— Bob Hoskins

Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent.

— George Ayittey

“Some of the most horrific dictators rose to power amidst chaos.” I”

— Donna Augustine

Where would dictators be without our compliant amnesia? Make the collective lose its memory, you can conceal anything.

— Charles Stross

History tells you if dictators are not stopped in time, they cause more damage.

— Garry Kasparov

It's time to bury the unreal, failed 'realism' of those who have long thought that dictators brought stability.

— Elliott Abrams

We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.

— George W. Bush

Dictators aren't stupid, or regimes could be toppled easily by young people mobilizing on Facebook.

— Evgeny Morozov

Foreign trade is not a replacement for foreign aid, of course, but foreign aid to a country that doesn't also engage in…

— Brian Behlendorf

As centuries of dictators have known, an illiterate crowd is the easiest to rule; since the craft of reading cannot be untaught…

— Alberto Manguel

I think that, from Vaclav Havel own experience, he knew if we all paid attention to what was going on, the chances…

— Judy Woodruff

We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the…

— Trent Lott

I've had meetings with Fidel Castro. I've had meetings with Kim Il-Sung. I've had meetings with other dictators. I've met with the…

— Gary Ackerman

In modern studios, we're so used to becoming little dictators; you're used to the fascism of having complete control over every element.

— Herbert

I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove…

— Christopher Hitchens