Alertness Quote by Aldous Huxley

The essence of modern dictatorship is the combination of one-dimensional, flat thinking with power and terror.

— Theodor Haecker

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty.

— Plato

Benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards.

— Reid Hoffman

Intelligence is the door to freedom and alert attention is the mother of intelligence.

— Jon Kabat-Zinn

Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.

— Serj Tankian

“Intelligence is the ability to harness the powers of the surrounding world without destroying the said world”

— Arkady Strugatsky

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

— George Ayittey

“one man with vision—an enlightened dictator. People are scared of the word nowadays. But what kind of democracy can exist side by side with…

— Chinua Achebe

The intelligence suffers today automatically in consequence of the attack on all authority, advantage, or privilege. These things are not done away with, it…

— Wyndham Lewis

Democracy is a kingless regime infested by many kings who are sometimes more exclusive, tyrannical and destructive than one, even if he be a…

— Benito Mussolini

The power of every dictator has two main sources: His psychopathic mind and the support of the very easily deceivable ignorant masses!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy.

— Jorge Luis Borges