Contrary Quote by Gene Sharp

Totalitarian is a cliché, dictatorship is based on clichéd thinking, on very tried and tested uniform stuff. They don't mind that they're boring, they…

— Christopher Hitchens

Dictatorships usually exist primarily because of the internal power distribution in the home country. The population and society are too weak to cause the…

— Gene Sharp

Totalitarianism surpasses autocracy.

— Bernard Crick

Few times in history do totalitarian or authoritarian regimes successfully repress their people for more than two generations, and zero times in history do…

— Daniel Lubetzky

Democracy is like a totalitarian.

— Ted Yoho

Dictatorships by their nature are unrepresentative as they neglect the social needs of the people.

— Benazir Bhutto

All democracies turn into dictatorships - but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon…

— George Lucas

“If the government in a country treats 60 percent of the population well and 40 percent badly, that means there is a dictatorship in…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

The truth is that regimes of corrupt, personalist rule - in which authoritarians wield the state to reward friends, punish enemies and secure their…

— Jamelle Bouie

For 73 years a totalitarian regime ruled the country. Totalitarian regime.

— Aleksandr Lebed

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

— Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

Totalitarian regimes produce a culture and a moral code that is totally different from what happens in a democracy. There are two moral categories…

— Luljeta Lleshanaku