Blind eye Quote by John W. Dean

“Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order…

— Timothy Snyder

“Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The sudden disaster…

— Timothy Snyder

“the right-wing Nazis”

— Charles River Editors

“You find the most outrageous deviants in the countries with the most authoritarian systems.”

— Amélie Nothomb

“One of the arguments that authoritarian governments use to ward off the call for greater political freedom is to argue that American-style democracy is…

— Evan Osnos

My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid stories of…

— Alex Kozinski

“Their bumper sticker read GUN CONTROL IS MIND CONTROL. In situations like this, you want to stick close to people in right-wing fringe groups.”

— Don DeLillo

Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism. The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Authoritarianism doesn't fall on a nation like a book falling from a shelf and striking you in the head. It rolls in like a…

— Joy Reid

“Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want,…

— Timothy Snyder

“Opinion is not aggression and political correctness is totalitarianism masquerading as liberty”

— U.V. Ray

Authoritarians have always been here. But the features of a given moment make that way of thinking more or less appealing. Germany in the…

— Robert Sapolsky