Dictatorship Quotes

372 Dictatorship quotes by 208 unique authors

Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship. — Bruce Coville
When liberty exceeds intelligence, it begets chaos, which begets dictatorship. — Will Durant
The senator had only one argument in his favour: his feeling. When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. In the realm… — Milan Kundera
Whether the mask is labeled fascism, democracy, or dictatorship of the proletariat, our great adversary remains the apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the… — Simone Weil
When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all… — Marjane Satrapi
If I were a dictator, religion and state would be separate. I swear by my religion. I will die for it. But it is my… — Mahatma Gandhi
The bugs are not like us. The Pseudo-Arachnids aren’t even like spiders. They are arthropods who happen to look like a madman’s conception of a… — Robert A. Heinlein
The true essence of a dictatorship is in fact not its regularity but its unpredictability and caprice; those who live under it must never be… — Christopher Hitchens
Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible... The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship. — Ismail KadarÃ©
I have problems with a religion which says that faith in itself is enough for a ticket to heaven. In other words, that the ideal… — Jo Nesbo
Dictators are not in the business of allowing elections that could remove them from their thrones. — Gene Sharp
We are not utopians, we do not “dream” of dispensing at once with all administration, with all subordination. These anarchist dreams, based upon incomprehension of… — Vladimir Lenin
the marks humans leave are too often scars. You build a hideous minimall or start a coup or try to become a rock star and… — John Green
Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic. — Alberto Moravia
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness. — Edward Teller
If the test of patriotism comes only by reflexively falling into lockstep behind the leader whenever the flag is waved, then what we have is… — Michael Parenti
Peace is not merely the absence of war. Nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies. Nor… — Pope Paul VI
Dealing with Congress is a matter of give and take. The president doesn't get everything he wants, the Congress doesn't get everything they want. But… — George W. Bush
The easiest way to establish a dictatorship is to claim you are God's representative on earth. — Christopher Hitchens
Between capitalist and communist society there lies the period of the revolutionary transformation of the one into the other. Corresponding to this is also a… — Karl Marx
As a rule, dictatorships guarantee safe streets and terror of the doorbell. In democracy the streets may be unsafe after dark, but the most likely… — Adam Michnik
A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left. — William O. Douglas
The People's democratic dictatorship needs the leadership of the working class. For it is only the working class that is most far-sighted, most selfless and… — Mao Zedong
The People's democratic dictatorship is based on the alliance of the working class, the peasantry and the urban petty bourgeoisie, and mainly on the alliance… — Mao Zedong
Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse out of the… — Alexander Fraser Tytler

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