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I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If… — George Papandreou
Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people. — Richard Perle
We have to implant democracies where there are now dictatorships. — Tom Tancredo
Look, I don't think President Obama would have bowed to the ruler of Saudi Arabia if he didn't have oil to the degree that the… — R. James Woolsey, Jr.
Politics is the practical exercise of the art of self-government, and somebody must attend to it if we are to have self-government; somebody must study… — Elihu Root
The essence of modern dictatorship is the combination of one-dimensional, flat thinking with power and terror. — Theodor Haecker
Important as economic unification is for the recovery of Germany and of Europe, the German people must recognize that the basic cause of their suffering… — James F. Byrnes
Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to… — Dave Brubeck
Only a free West can help the prisoners of today's left- and right-wing dictatorships. — Barbara Amiel
They have been talking about a dictatorship and they were right because there's a dictatorship and there's a government that has been fighting that dictatorship,… — Rafael Correa
One of the achievements of which I am most proud was the codification, the writing into U.S. law, of the U.S. embargo on the Castro… — Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people. — Harold H. Greene
The forces of safety are afoot in the land. I, for one, believe it is a conspiracy - a conspiracy of Safety Nazis shouting "Sieg… — P.J. O'Rourke
The British have always coped without becoming a dictatorship. — Frederick Forsyth
We have gone through everything as a nation - partition, dictatorship, and even anarchy. — Fatos Nano
People, if given the choice between anarchy and dictatorship, will always choose dictatorship because anarchy is the worst dictatorship of all. — Eric Sevareid
Democracy is essentially a means, a utilitarian device for safeguarding internal peace and individual freedom. As such it is by no means infallible or certain.… — Friedrich August von Hayek
We insist on producing a farm surplus, but think the government should find a profitable market for it. We overindulge in speculation, but ask the… — Calvin Coolidge
I sing against emotional dictatorships, and against the imposition of one person over another, in the name of love. — Concha Buika
Only that Swiss in the heart want still a king or at least a strong Upper House of Parliament. Swiss long themselves for less democracy… — Peter Bichsel
If you are in Brazil and you grew up in a right-wing dictatorship, you think Marxism is liberating. But if you grew up in Czechoslovakia,… — Jose Padilha
I tell the American people solemnly that the United States will never survive as a happy and fertile oasis of liberty surrounded by a cruel… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
We have created new idols. The worship of the ancient golden calf (cf. Ex 32:1-35) has returned in a new and ruthless guise in the… — Pope Francis
I grew up as a discriminated minority in a dictatorship, so obviously the issue of human rights is a matter of concern for me. — Henry A. Kissinger
There ought to be an absolute dictatorship... a dictatorship of painters... a dictatorship of one painter... to suppress all those who have betrayed us... — Pablo Picasso

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