Authoritarian Quotes
127 Authoritarian quotes by 102 unique authors
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Commander, I always used to consider that you had a definite anti-authoritarian streak in you.†“Sir?†“It seems that you have managed to retain this…
— Terry Pratchett
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Modern equalitarian societies whether democratic or authoritarian in their political forms, always base themselves on the claim that they are making life happier. Happiness thus…
— Robert Warshow
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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
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Authoritarianism is not pretending anymore to be a real alternative to democracy, but we can see many more authoritarian practices and styles basically being smuggled…
— Ivan Krastev
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The crisis of democracy in the West is not the result of falling in love with another system. In Europe and America people who are…
— Ivan Krastev
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Certainly businesses the world over are facing greater competitive pressure than ever before, and this leads to executive stress which, in turn, tends to bring…
— Srikumar Rao
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America is always a good target for a populist. In many countries, particularly authoritarian systems, if you want to get an extra bonus, you bash…
— Mohamed ElBaradei
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The definition of an extreme authoritarian is one who is willing blindly to assume that government accusations are true without any evidence presented or opportunity…
— Glenn Greenwald
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University of California students can look forward to the same authoritarian management style Secretary Napolitano brought to the Department of Homeland Security, hardly a bastion…
— Unknown Author
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I was essentially trained by World War II vets who combined a progressive view of life with a deep distrust of anything authoritarian.
— Sander Levin
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The stability and security of authoritarian regimes cannot create but terrorism and violence and destruction. Let us accept the choice of the people. Let us…
— Wadah Khanfar
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Several authoritarian regimes reportedly propose to ban anonymity from the web, making it easier to find and arrest dissidents. At Google, we see and feel…
— Vint Cerf
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China is building a model for how an authoritarian government can survive the Internet.
— Rebecca MacKinnon
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Authoritarian systems evolve. Authoritarianism in the Internet Age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism.
— Rebecca MacKinnon
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No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control.
— Stephen Kinzer
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Once people sense their own power, no authoritarian government can stand against the people who are determined to be free.
— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
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I think the Chinese model is one that appeals more and more in the developing world. People see that an authoritarian state can hold onto…
— Richard Engel
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The struggle of democratic secularism, religious tolerance, individual freedom and feminism against authoritarian patriarchal religion, culture and morality is going on all over the world…
— Ellen Willis
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Universities are some of the few places left where a struggle for the commons, for public life, if not democracy itself, can be made visible…
— Henry Giroux
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The faltering of our suburban living arrangement is probably certain. The response of suburbanites is not. Will they elect maniacs who promise to make America…
— James Howard Kunstler
Who Wrote These Authoritarian Quotes
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