There are examples of fraternal dictatorships, or one, anyway: the passing of power from Fidel to Raul Castro. — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
In our modern age - in the age of free information - I don't think there is any place for dictatorships. — Rashid al-Ghannushi Copy Share Image
There has never been a communism that worked. They were all dictatorships or oligarchies, every single one. — David Crosby Copy Share Image
The United States turned to repression when its prominence started to slip in Latin America through establishing military dictatorships. — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
Colonel Qaddafi's tyranny was absolutist, monarchical, and personal. The problem with such dictatorships is that as long as the tyrant lives, he… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“There's a strong message of divine righteousness in dictatorships. Every megalomaniac has to believe his actions are sanctioned by God.” — Eric Gamalinda Copy Share Image
“attained democracy, as brutal dictatorships took over, led to the cynical phrase: "One man, one vote-one time.” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight. — Jalal Talabani Copy Share Image
When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed… — Eliot Spitzer Copy Share Image
Dictatorships usually exist primarily because of the internal power distribution in the home country. The population and society are too weak to… — Gene Sharp Copy Share Image
Italy in the 1920s, Germany in the '30s, East Germany in the '50s, Czechoslovakia in the '60s, the Latin American dictatorships in… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
I'm not a prophet, but I always thought it was natural for dictatorships to fall. I remember in 1989, two months before… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Powerful dictatorships that make their leaders powerful need to stage wars to get ordinary people to march in lockstep like mindless Nazi… — Michael A. Ledeen Copy Share Image
Nigerian politics has been, since the military dictatorships, largely non-ideological. Rather than a battle of ideas, it is about who can pump… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it. — Harry Emerson Fosdick Copy Share Image
Should we continue to spend billions to subsidize foreign military dictatorships, or should we concentrate on taking better care of the one… — Pat Paulsen Copy Share Image
We should therefore be opposed to institutional barriers to that freedom: Military dictatorships, for example. Or states run by a Central Committee. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The reason that democracies always defeat dictatorships is because they're open to debate. We should never allow Washington to say, 'Shut up,… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Dictatorships do cut down on rape, and pillage, not to mention sexual harassment, by the simple expedient of sending people to labour… — Barbara Amiel Copy Share Image
