Religious right Quote by John W. Dean

“Despotism may be the only organizational alternative to the political structure that we observe.”

— James M. Buchanan

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

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

— Junius

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

Despotism may be able to do without religion, but democracy cannot.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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

— John Adams

Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.

— Arabella Weir

The progress of despotism tends to disappoint its own purpose.

— Edward Gibbon

“Greedy people and power brokers mixing religion and politics to find advantage, trying to exploit good to build strength for themselves.”

— D.C. Macey

“. . . in no instance has a system in regard to religion been ever established, but for the purpose, as well as with…

— Jeremy Bentham

Despotism is a long crime.

— Victor Hugo