Affair Quote by Calvin Ayre

Authoritarian governments are now trying to ensure that the increasingly free flow of ideas and information through cyberspace fuels their economies without threatening their…

— Ian Bremmer

Why do economists fall in love with authoritarian governments?

— Yasheng Huang

Democracy acknowledges the right to differ as well as the duty to settle differences peacefully. Authoritarian governments see criticism of their actions and doctrines…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

If the Socialism is Authoritarian; if there are Governments armed with economic power as they are now with political power; if, in a word,…

— Oscar Wilde

“Submission can be forced with brutality. In the last century alone, over 100 million humans were murdered in the name of ideology by authoritarian…

— Erika Ilves

It is true that authoritarian governments increasingly see the internet as a threat in part because they see the US government behind the internet.…

— Evgeny Morozov

“The Kremlin also is determined, along with China, to wrest control of the internet from the American-based committees which run it now. It wants…

— Edward Lucas

As an Asst. Secretary of State, I often urged authoritarian governments around the world not to use emergency powers to defy their legislatures, courts,…

— Tom Malinowski

It is true that authoritarian governments increasingly see the Internet as a threat in part because they see the U.S. government behind the Internet.

— Evgeny Morozov

North Korea aside, most authoritarian governments have already accepted the growth of the Internet culture as inevitable; they have little choice but to find…

— Evgeny Morozov

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Once people sense their own power, no authoritarian government can stand against the people who are determined to be free.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj