Dictator Quotes

434 Dictator quotes by 242 unique authors

Whoever was shouting about dictatorship there...when I heard that, I thought: it's better to be a dictator than gay — Alexander Lukashenko
Sooner or later a democracy which is to survive has to be able to rely upon that enlargement of vision and purpose of those individuals… — Ordway Tead
In some departments of our daily life, in which we imagine ourselves free agents, we are ruled by dictators exercising great power. — Edward Bernays
When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a… — Jessica Mitford
When I touched my hand against the Western Wall and placed my prayer between its ancient stones, I thought of all the centuries that the… — Barack Obama
In inner-party politics, these methods lead, as we shall yet see, to this: the party organization substitutes itself for the party, the central committee substitutes… — Leon Trotsky
In a perfect world what poor countries at the lowest rungs of economic development need is not a multi-party democracy, but in fact a decisive… — Dambisa Moyo
Today, former President Bill Clinton met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il and convinced him to release two American journalists that have been jailed since… — Conan O'Brien
The only thing left for Barack Obama to do is to work like a third world dictator and just put all these guys in jail. — Harry Belafonte
My brother has two children now, so I've been playing aunt Renee. They're two and four. It's chaos. Moms out there, kudos to you. The… — Renee Zellweger
In the trial of Saddam Hussein on Tuesday, witnesses emotionally testified about the abuse the former dictator inflicted on them. Afterward, a tearful Saddam said,… — Amy Poehler
Most dictators were short, fat, middle-aged and hairless. Besides Danny Devito, there's only me to play them. — Bob Hoskins
I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men. — Bob Hoskins
Either we're removing a dictator who currently has plans to fund terrorism against American citizens or -- if Bush is completely wrong and Eleanor Clift… — Ann Coulter
Well, one of the problems about being psychoanalyzed is, as Nietzsche said, Be careful lest in casting out your devils that you cast out the… — Joseph Campbell
As Americans, we want peace - we work and sacrifice for peace. But there can be no peace if our security depends on the will… — George W. Bush
Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat… — John F. Kerry
Against the odd's, I have persevered, I am the living attestation of the American dream. I am the extolment of this great nation. I have… — Don King
It is possible for a dictator to govern in a liberal way. And it is also possible for a democracy to govern with a total… — Friedrich August von Hayek
How long before married people answer the dictators thus: Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it… — Orson Scott Card
When even the dictators of today appeal to reason, they mean that they possess the most tanks. They were rational enough to build them; others… — Max Horkheimer
Appeasement does not work. As was the case in the 1930s, we see in Saddam Hussein an aggressive dictator threatening his neighbors. — George H. W. Bush
Saddam Hussein is not the only deranged dictator who is willing to deprive his people in order to acquire weapons of mass destruction. — Jim Jeffords
I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to… — Condoleezza Rice
Mr Bush, Mr. Blair and now Mr Brown's sense of human rights precludes our people's right to their God-given resources, which in their view must… — Robert Mugabe

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