Dictators Quotes

150 quotes by 126 authors

When I was in high school in the early 1970s, we knew we were running out of oil; we knew that easy sources were being… — Carl Safina
Dictators are allergic to reform, and they are cunning survivors. They will do whatever it takes to preserve their power and wealth, no matter how… — George Ayittey
There is not a special imposition on writers to be activists. All that does is encourage writers to write propaganda. Propaganda can be written by… — Wole Soyinka
It could be that all awful dictators are frustrated artists - Mao with his poetry and Mussolini with his monuments. Stalin was once a journalistic… — P.J. O'Rourke
Corporations are the new dictators. — Gabriel Byrne
All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory. — F. Sionil Jose
The misconception that aid falls straight into the hands of dictators largely stems from the Cold War era. — Bill Gates
History reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis. — Robert Kiyosaki
I am a socialist, so I am not worried about socialism. I am worried about dictators who are putting everyone into a socialist state for… — Rirkrit Tiravanija
Dictators, unlike Democrats, depend on a small coterie to sustain their power. These backers, generally drawn from the military, the senior civil service, and family… — Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
One of the most perplexing political questions of the late 20th century is how new democracies should punish deposed dictators and their associates. Victims cry… — Stephen Kinzer
Warlords, dictators and terrorists are normally okay with the U.S., as long as they do the bidding of U.S. corporate interests. — Brendan Sexton III
As journalists, we cannot swallow the official line without question. We should challenge almost everything that dictators, presidents and officials say. — Jorge Ramos
Really, no-one is bad except for serial killers and dictators. — Joel Edgerton
We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the world. — Trent Lott
Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution… — George Orwell
When dictators feel their support slipping among adults, it is not unusual for them to alter school textbooks in the hope of enlisting impressionable youths… — Samantha Power
Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what it is you want to hear. — Alan Coren
Exaggeration of the national values is the character of dictators. — Ilkin Santak
Every faction in Africa calls themselves by these noble names - Liberation this, Patriotic that, Democratic Republic of something-or-other... I guess they can't own up… — Yuri Orlov

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