Authoritarian Quote by Colin Allred

Authoritarianism is not pretending anymore to be a real alternative to democracy, but we can see many more authoritarian practices and styles basically being…

— Ivan Krastev

Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism. The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

A secret combination that seeks to overthrow the freedom of all lands, nations, and countries is increasing in its evil influence and control over…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Authoritarianism doesn't fall on a nation like a book falling from a shelf and striking you in the head. It rolls in like a…

— Joy Reid

“authoritarian regimes currently experiencing some growth are likely to reach the limits of extractive growth before they transform their political institutions in a more…

— Daron Acemoğlu

And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what…

— Madeleine Albright

Authoritarians tend to consolidate support by using fear, but more importantly by driving a wedge among the people that they want to control.

— Reza Aslan

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event…

— Hannah Arendt

Conflicts are fueled by the tendency of the powerful to exploit the power and the anger and frustration of the powerless, which turns into…

— Ghassan Andoni

As the horrific events of Jan. 6 underscored, DHS must have the operational capacity to appropriately respond to domestic violent extremism.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

In the long march of history, at least two poles of attraction and antagonism have been the norm in world politics. Rarely has only…

— Eskinder Nega

There is a wind of nationalism and freedom blowing round the world, and blowing as strongly in Asia as elsewhere.

— Stanley Baldwin