Quote by Jonathan Kirsch

Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the…

— Barbara Jordan

“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

“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a…

— Timothy Snyder

“How could one want an equalitarian and free society to issue from an authoritarian organisation? It is impossible.”

— James Guillaume

“Most the power of authoritarianism is freely given.”

— Timothy Snyder

“There must be a complete interrogation of the thinking that has allowed such practices to operate without challenge...”

— Pedro Noguera

A universal draft is most often the instrument of Third World dictators.

— Joe Bob Briggs

“The oppressed, having internalised the image of the oppressor and adopted his guideline are fearful of freedom. Freedom would require them to eject this…

— Paulo Freire

The authoritarian sets up some book, or man, or tradition to establish the truth. The freethinker sets up reason and private judgment to discover…

— Herbert Spencer

“The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: Are my trousers long enough? Is my veil in place? Can…

— Marjane Satrapi

“To think meant to give room for freedom of initiative, for the imponderable to win over the material, for will to demonstrate its power…

— Barbara W. Tuchman

“A president of dictatorial persuasion who coopts the media in his disregard for the system’s checks and balances is nigh impossible to contain.”

— Andrew McCarthy