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As long term institutions, I am totally against dictatorships. But a dictatorship may be a necessary system for a transitional period. [...] Personally I prefer… — Friedrich August von Hayek
History proves that dictatorships do not grow out of strong and successful governments, but out of weak and helpless ones. If by democratic methods people… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
If Greece had gone through a very normal political life, I may have not been in politics. But just the fact that I lived through… — 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.
Only a free West can help the prisoners of today's left- and right-wing dictatorships. — Barbara Amiel
Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people. — Harold H. Greene
I sing against emotional dictatorships, and against the imposition of one person over another, in the name of love. — Concha Buika
Two world wars, three monstrous dictatorships-in Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, Red China-plus every lesser variant of devastating socialist experimentation in a global spread of brutality… — Ayn Rand
I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it. — Harry Emerson Fosdick
North Korea has taught a great lesson to all the countries in the world, especially the rogue countries of dictatorships or whatever: if you don't… — Michael Moore
So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It's not Israel. It's these dictatorships that are developing nuclear… — Benjamin Netanyahu
History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient. Whatever the shortcomings, mankind has not devised… — Vladimir Putin
True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
I'm not a prophet, but I always thought it was natural for dictatorships to fall. I remember in 1989, two months before the fall of… — Salman Rushdie
We all dream dreams of unity, of purity; we all dream that there's an authoritative voice out there that will explain things, including ourselves. If… — Junot Diaz
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
Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic. — Alberto Moravia
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
Should we continue to spend billions to subsidize foreign military dictatorships, or should we concentrate on taking better care of the one we have right… — Pat Paulsen
There are examples of fraternal dictatorships, or one, anyway: the passing of power from Fidel to Raul Castro. — Elliott Abrams
Dictatorships do cut down on rape, and pillage, not to mention sexual harassment, by the simple expedient of sending people to labour camps for life… — Barbara Amiel
The United States condoned dictatorships in Latin America for much of the 20th century. — Carlos Fuentes
When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed by the vast… — Eliot Spitzer

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