Autonomous Quote by Eric Hoffer

The autonomous individual, striving to realize himself and prove his worth, has created all that is great in literature, art, music, science and technology.…

— Eric Hoffer

Dominion is a spy novel, a love story, and also I hope gives some sense of the difficulties faced by dissidents under any totalitarian…

— C.J. Sansom

When totalitarian regimes are established, they at least have the illusion of the single-minded purpose. But once they establish the stature that's necessary for…

— Masha Gessen

It became clear to the whole world that a totalitarian regime could neither accuse nor transform itself: suicide was not in its nature, it…

— Svetlana Alliluyeva

The great enemy of any totalitarian regime is normalization and trade.

— Robert Scheer

Fifty-one percent of a nation can establish a totalitarian regime, suppress minorities and still remain democratic.

— Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

I am no apologist for Fidel's [Castro] regime. It is, after all, a totalitarian regime. So I would like to see that change.

— John Gimlette

Puzzlement and doubt are, however, already crimes in the totalitarian state. The mind that is open for questions is open for dissent. In the…

— Joost Meerloo

“The totalitarian movements aim at and succeed in organizing masses—not classes, like the old interest parties of the Continental nation-states; citizens with opinions about,…

— Hannah Arendt

“Moreover, how effective can it possibly be for an individual to assert his autonomy [jishusei] when encountering a reality in which even his personal…

— Abe Kobo

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor. ... Some of the worst tyrannies of our day genuinely…

— Eric Hoffer

“The organization of the entire texture of life according to an ideology can be fully carried out only under a totalitarian regime.”

— Hannah Arendt