When I was at university in the Fifties, Latin America was full of dictators. Trujillo was the emblematic figure because, of course,… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
So benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards, right? — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
Bush II's democracy crusade and Obama's embrace of the Arab Spring have unleashed and empowered forces less receptive to America's wishes and… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
Dictators have an old trick to assess the strength of their opposition: they say something patently untrue, and then look to see… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Dictators are ludicrous characters, and, you know, in my career and in my life, I've always enjoyed sort of inhabiting these ludicrous,… — Sacha Baron Cohen Copy Share Image
“I’ve never understood in my life why all these dictators, when they stole, why didn’t they just steal a billion and spend… — Chrystia Freeland Copy Share Image
Benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards. — Reid Hoffman Copy Share Image
One thing for certain you will not ever hear from me is praise for dictators and strongmen who have no love for… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Dictators during the entire history of this planet have used similar techniques. By not letting the people of their country know what… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“And who died and made you boss?" But I knew a lost cause when I saw it and was already pulling my… — Rob Thurman Copy Share Image
Muslims and Christians can work together to depose dictators and assert the power of the people. We've seen it happen on the… — Miroslav Volf Copy Share Image
Shoot the dictator and prevent the war? But the dictator is merely the tip of the whole festering boil of social pus… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In your dread of dictators you established a state of society in which every ward boss is a dictator, every private employer… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“I never read the paper myself. Why bother? It's the same old shit day in and day out, dictators beating the ching-chong… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Here is my advice as we begin the century that will lead to 2081. First, guard the freedom of ideas at all… — Gerard K. O'Neill Copy Share Image
'The End of America' details the 10 steps that would-be dictators always take in seeking to close an open society; it argued… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
“The lesson we are indebted to Egypt for, our future generations learned that in the face of oppression silence is never golden.” — Aysha Taryam Copy Share Image
Mostly actors are progressive because we are accustomed to all the nuances of human life, whereas dictators just try to flatten it… — Jane Fonda Copy Share Image
Mubarak was adept, as were many other U.S.-backed dictators, at playing the sane middle to the 'lunatics with beards' he so often… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
Fact check: The examples of failed socialism that critics use are not socialist democracies but authoritarian states led by corrupt, ruthless, and… — Jaboukie Young-White Copy Share Image
Warlords, dictators and terrorists are normally okay with the U.S., as long as they do the bidding of U.S. corporate interests. — Brendan Sexton III Copy Share Image
I'm not a dictator. Dictators are people who take power and don't know when they're leaving. I know my mandate ends on… — Jovenel Moise Copy Share Image
There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America… — Barbara Amiel Copy Share Image
When dictators feel their support slipping among adults, it is not unusual for them to alter school textbooks in the hope of… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
“There is no doubt that we have defeated too many dictators; but we must not forget that the religion is still out… — M.F. Moonzajer Copy Share Image
When even the dictators of today appeal to reason, they mean that they possess the most tanks. They were rational enough to… — Max Horkheimer Copy Share Image
The uprising in Egypt was initiated by the young generation. The uprising achieved two things. One is it made the lives of… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Debt is a task master to be feared almost as much as the dictators themselves. It has enslaved thousands in its meshes.… — Stephen L. Richards Copy Share Image
Most of the nations around the world are led by tyrants and dictators and thugs who are leading their countries for one… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Unlike other dictators, Stalin and his satraps never made the mistake of believing themselves beloved -- on the contrary they saw plots… — Anna Reid Copy Share Image
Dictators from the past, tyrants, were not unaware that it is easier to govern and enslave a nation of drinkers than that… — Samael Aun Weor Copy Share Image
Illicit trade corrupts corporations and governments alike, allows dictators to survive, and obscures oppression, including modern day slavery. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing. He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and… — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
If you really want to help the rest of the world, what you've got to do is encourage free markets, private property… — Dave Brat Copy Share Image
There are visible and invisible dictators. The power structure of world football is monarchical. It's the most secret kingdom in the world. — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
We have a president for whom English is a second language. He's like 'We have to get rid of dictators,' but he's… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
“This is how religions shore up dictators; by encircling them with words of power, words which the people are reluctant to see… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The price of toppling Gadhafi will be steep. But Libyans will topple him, and in doing so, they will bring down with… — Mona Eltahawy Copy Share Image
All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory. — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
