Repressive Quotes

59 quotes by 56 authors

In the cabaret of globalization, the state shows itself as a table dancer that strips off everything until it is left with only the minimum… — Subcomandante Marcos
Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the… — Natan Sharansky
In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act… — Don DeLillo
His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful than… — Barack Obama
I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government. — Bianca Jagger
Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the… — Joe Randazzo
Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the need for the… — Joe Randazzo
Repressive states are developing weapons that could cause destruction on a massive scale. — Tony Blair
I've seen it around the world, in the poorest countries and in countries riven with conflict, It is women who are the key to breaking… — Queen Noor of Jordan
The capacity of the human mind for swallowing nonsense and spewing it forth in violent and repressive action has never yet been plumbed. — Robert A. Heinlein
Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain. — Michael Douglas
But I think theatre in a repressive society is an immensely exciting event and theatre in a luxurious old, affluent old society like ours is… — Janet Suzman
I don't hold America responsible for the largely oppressive governments in the 22 Arab countries. There are repressive Arab governments that are our allies and… — Lawrence Wright
Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination. — Herbert Marcuse
While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on repressive governments. — Jimmy Wales
My parents were lenient. My mother believed God was another word for nature. I took up Satanism not out of desperation, but out of logic.… — Anton Szandor LaVey
By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government. — Todd Akin
China is the most repressive censorship regime on the Internet. — John Palfrey
But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden… — Barney Frank
The very concept of an Iranian university is an oxymoron. There are no free and open places of learning in that repressive theocracy. Dissenters are… — Alan Dershowitz

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