Dictatorship Quotes

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If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security, even if they have to… — Margaret Atwood
Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to… — Benazir Bhutto
Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected. Political dictatorship and social hopelessness… — Benazir Bhutto
The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the face of this spirit. — Benazir Bhutto
When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation - namely, life, liberty and justice… — Benazir Bhutto
Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law,… — Tony Blair
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness. — Niels Bohr
I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator. — Richard Branson
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't… — Charles Bukowski
A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it. — George W. Bush
The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters. — Fidel Castro
The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no dictatorship here. — Hugo Chavez
I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system. — Noam Chomsky
It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in… — Corazon Aquino
The president feels not only do we need to change these rogue regimes, but even our friendly allies, who really basically have, sort of, benign… — Mitch McConnell
I believe that if a man like him were to assume the dictatorship of the modern world he would succeed in solving its problems in… — George Bernard Shaw
Terrorism isn't insanity. It grows out of social conditions that are well known: poverty, social oppression, dictatorship, and a void of meaning in the lives… — Deepak Chopra
Naturally, the common people don't want war ... but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine the policy, and it is… — Hermann Goring
Popular revolt against a ruthless, experienced modern dictatorship, which enjoys a monopoly over weapons and communications, ... is simply not a possibility in the modern… — George F. Kennan
Every movement that seeks to enslave a country, every dictatorship or potential dictatorship, needs some minority group as a scapegoat which it can blame for… — Ayn Rand

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