Totalitarian Quotes

168 quotes by 132 authors

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
A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the… — George H. W. Bush
But there is a big difference in working for the West and working for a totalitarian state. — John le Carre
Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. — Noam Chomsky
Anti-Americanism is a pure totalitarian concept. The very notion is idiotic. — Noam Chomsky
The problem of values arises only when men try to fit together their need to be social animals with their need to be free men.… — Jacob Bronowski
I've been telling you for years that if they don't get their way, if all of this stuff that's happened does not enable them to… — William Bill
The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or the expansion of totalitarian governments.… — E. O. Wilson
If one holds these high principles clearly before one's eyes, and compares them with the life and spirit of our times, then it appears glaringly… — Albert Einstein
In the life of the human spirit, words are action, much more so than many of us realize who live in countries where freedom of… — Jimmy Carter
Students throughout the totalitarian world risk life and limb for freedom of expression, many American college students are demanding that big brother restrict their freedom… — Alan Dershowitz
The difference between a welfare state and a totalitarian state is a matter of time. — Ayn Rand
Fundamentally, there are only two ways of coordinating the economic activities of millions. One is central direction involving the use of coercion - the technique… — Milton Friedman
[T]he theory of output as a whole, which is what the following book purports to provide, is much more easily adapted to the conditions of… — John Maynard Keynes
What we call the market is really a democratic process involving millions, and in some markets billions, of people making personal decisions that express their… — Walter E. Williams
For the totalitarian mind, adherence to state propaganda does not suffice: one must display proper enthusiasm while marching in the parade. — Noam Chomsky
...while science gives us implements to use, science alone does not determine for what ends they will be employed. Radio is an amazing invention. Yet… — Harry Emerson Fosdick
Such an atmosphere is un-American, the most un-American thing we have to contend with today. It is the climate of a totalitarian country in which… — Harry S. Truman
The totalitarian states can do great things, but there is one thing they cannot do: they cannot give the factory-worker a rifle and tell him… — George Orwell
Gun Control: The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a… — Heinrich Himmler

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