You know, the fact is that if we haven't got democracy, we have dictatorship. That is never the answer. — Lindsay Hoyle Copy Share Image
For me democracy is the only way of life. The opposite is dictatorship or anarchy. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones. — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
Pope John Paul II not only visited Nigeria twice but stood by the country in its fight against dictatorship and injustice. — Olusegun Obasanjo Copy Share Image
I happen to agree with the anti-dictatorship policies, but I don't think it's the role of General Electric to support them or… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
So when you hear about Hillary's [Clinton] dishonesty, or the emails, or taking millions from the Saudis and other Middle Eastern dictatorships… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
I could never be a control freak. If Wu-Tang is a dictatorship, how does every Wu-Tang member have their own contract, their… — Rza Copy Share Image
“We can hardly pride ourselves on being the world’s preeminent democracy, after all, if the large numbers of citizens spend half their… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
People, if given the choice between anarchy and dictatorship, will always choose dictatorship because anarchy is the worst dictatorship of all. — Eric Sevareid Copy Share Image
If you make the state responsible for everything, you shouldn't be surprised when you end up with a state that bears some… — Wolfgang Schauble Copy Share Image
It's not mainland China that rubs me up the wrong way, it is the dictatorship that rubs me up the wrong way.… — Jimmy Lai Copy Share Image
World dictatorship can be established only when the victory of socialism has been achieved in certain countries or groups of countries ...… — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
I cannot think of a tactical alliance with the Left because I represent the idea that there is a peaceful, nonviolent way… — Corazon Aquino Copy Share Image
The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another... It is a most extraordinary thing that… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
[Madness] is the jail we could all end up in. And we know it. And watch our step. For a lifetime. We… — Kate Millett Copy Share Image
You don't get the fox to be in charge of the chicken coop. You don't give the outgoing regime - which has… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
In capitalist society we have a democracy that is curtailed, wretched, false, a democracy only for the rich, for the minority. The… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
When people in a democracy are not educated in the art of living -- to strengthen their conscience, compassion, and ability to… — Paul K. Chappell Copy Share Image
“That famous dictatorship, whose supporters believe that it is called for by the historical process and consider it an indispensable prelude to… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
We all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there's an authoritative voice out there that will explain things,… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
The history of mankind is a history of the subjugation and exploitation of a great majority of people by an elite few… — Ed Crane Copy Share Image
People can say what they want, but historically, feminism in the Dominican Republic has been extremely strong. I guess the best way… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
“For all its outwardly easy Latin charm, Buenos Aires was making me feel sick and upset, so I did take that trip… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
As it was 189 years ago, so today the cause of America is a revolutionary cause. And I am proud this morning… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
“These four changes—in the nature of work, education, social values, and communication technology—make it harder for dictators to dominate citizens in the… — Sergei Guriev Copy Share Image
The Trump campaign management team had to be fired a month or so ago because of those shadowy connections with pro-Putin forces.… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
We're comfortable financially, so it wasn't a financial issue that I voted Conservative. Basically, it was for the same reason we voted… — Don Drysdale Copy Share Image
They have been talking about a dictatorship and they were right because there's a dictatorship and there's a government that has been… — Rafael Correa Copy Share Image
The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it… — Dave Brubeck Copy Share Image
Terrorism isn't insanity. It grows out of social conditions that are well known: poverty, social oppression, dictatorship, and a void of meaning… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Ever since I took to the streets when I was 17 to protest at great personal risk against the communist dictatorship, I… — Victor Ponta Copy Share Image
Popular revolt against a ruthless, experienced modern dictatorship, which enjoys a monopoly over weapons and communications, ... is simply not a possibility… — George F. Kennan Copy Share Image
When people realize the majesty of the laws of nature, then they will see how far they have fallen away from the… — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
Whoever can conquer the street will one day conquer the state, for every form of power politics and any dictatorship-run state has… — Joseph Goebbels Copy Share Image
The key of the success of Studio 54 is that it’s a dictatorship at the door and a democracy on the dance… — Andy Warhol Copy Share Image
“Democracy in books is, for the people, by the people, democracy on street is rule of the apes in a land of… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's dictatorial ways have hurt Iran's image across the globe and could be a prelude to dictatorship. — Mir-Hossein Mousavi Copy Share Image
It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and… — Tony Snow Copy Share Image