Corrupt Quote by Jamelle Bouie

Contrary to popular opinion, even totalitarian dictatorships are dependent on the population and the societies they rule.

— Gene Sharp

Whereas the truth is that the State in which the rulers are most reluctant to govern is always the best and most quietly governed,…

— Plato

It is from weakness that people reach for dictators and concentrated government power. Only the strong can be free. And only the productive can…

— Wendell Willkie

The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but…

— Nathan Myhrvold

Why do economists fall in love with authoritarian governments?

— Yasheng Huang

Your economic and social development is linked to the kind of regime you have.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

“Literate, affluent, self-confident people do not like living under either dictatorship or chaos. As more nations move into modernity and find themselves populated with…

— Oliver H. Woshinsky

As so often happens in politics, what appears to be politically expedient for those in power rarely overlaps with the public interest. The lesser…

— Jason Stearns

Some foreign states will act against a dictatorship only to gain their own economic, political, or military control over the country.

— Gene Sharp

“Whether it is North Korea, Sierra Leone, or Zimbabwe, well show that poor countries are poor for the same reason that Egypt is poor.…

— Daron Acemoğlu

We know that dismantling old oppressive regimes is a great deal faster and easier than building new flourishing democracies. Chinggis Khaan once said, 'It…

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

The stability and security of authoritarian regimes cannot create but terrorism and violence and destruction. Let us accept the choice of the people. Let…

— Wadah Khanfar