1975 Quote by James M. Buchanan

“The nation which will not adopt an equilibrium of power must adopt a despotism. There is no other alternative.”

— John Adams

“All despotism is bad; but the worst is that which works with the machinery of freedom.”

— Junius

“I must admit that I feel that the best form of government is benevolent despotism.”

— Jeff Grubb

“Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Bureaucracy, the rule of no one, has become the modern form of despotism.

— Mary McCarthy

“This point deserves attention, for if a democratic republic similar to that of the United States were ever founded in a country where the…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“I always said a good despotism was the best form of government; and I am twice as much in favour of it now I…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

“Inefficiency is to be our safeguard against despotism.”

— Garry Wills

Despotism subjects a nation to one tyrant; democracy, to many.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

“In a democracy, there is no check against despotism, because the principle of democracy is supposed to be itself a check. But it guarantees…

— B.F. Skinner

If there is one fact we really can prove, from the history that we really do know, it is that despotism can be a…

— Anonymous

Despotism can no more exist in a nation until the liberty of the press be destroyed than the night can happen before the sun…

— Charles Caleb Colton