Dictator Quotes

434 Dictator quotes by 242 unique authors

A man is not a dictator when he is given a commission from the people and carries it out. — Huey Long
In his fifty-six years he was at times many things, including a fugitive, prisoner, rising politician, army leader, legal advocate, rebel, dictator – perhaps even… — Adrian Goldsworthy
In a Democracy, the real rulers are the dexterous manipulators of votes, with their placemen, the mechanics who so skillfully operate the hidden springs which… — Konstantin Pobedonostsev
Dictatorships don't always die when the dictator leaves office — Mohamed Nasheed
The dictator can be removed in a day, but it can take years to stamp out the lingering remnants of his dictatorship — Mohamed Nasheed
It should be obvious that this pattern of systematic holes and gaps in Iraq's declaration is not the result of accidents, editing oversights or technical… — John Negroponte
On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires… — Eberhard Weber
The only good dictator is a dead one. — George Ayittey
Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked… — George Ayittey
Africa has more dictators per capita than any other continent. — George Ayittey
Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled. — George Ayittey
The principle of compulsory service, embodied in the system of conscription, lias been the means by which modem dictators and military gangs have shackled their… — B. H. Liddell Hart
Dictators long ago found out it is easier to unite people in common hatred than common love. — Dagobert D. Runes
The line between fascism and Fabian socialism is very thin. Fabian socialism is the dream. Fascism is Fabian socialism plus the inevitable dictator. — John T. Flynn
Any dictatorship would be better than modern democracy. There cannot be so incompetent a dictator, that he would show more stupidity than a majority of… — Pentti Linkola
Whatever promises offered by dictators in any negotiated settlement, no one should ever forget that the dictators may promise anything to secure submission from their… — Gene Sharp
Further, democratic negotiators, or foreign negotiation specialists accepted to assist in the negotiations, may in a single stroke provide the dictators with the domestic and… — Gene Sharp
The spirit of rebellion must live in Serbia. Only then will we know we are alive and not servants of a dictator. — Zoran ?in?ic
Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism. — Friedrich August von Hayek
We are not going to allow to a dictator who is sitting on us to determine the means of confrontation against him. We are not… — Arthur Mutambara
No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need… — J. Michael Straczynski
Dictatorship played a decisive role in the North's successful effort to maintain the Union by force of arms...one man was the government of the United… — Clinton Rossiter
The jean! The jean is the destructor. It is a dictator! It is destroying creativity! The jean must be stopped! — Pierre Cardin
Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to do another. Then you do neither what you said nor… — Saddam Hussein
I don't care if they respect me so long as they fear me. — Caligula

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