Authoritarian Quote by L. Ron Hubbard

Let me clarify this very definitely. This is not an authoritarian organization.

— L. Ron Hubbard

There is a flaw in the operation of representative government. The flaw produces the growth of government.

— Allan H. Meltzer

There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances…

— Jonathan Shapiro

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

The trouble with government as it is, is that it doesn't represent the people. It controls them.

— John Lennon

“Government is a ruling structured thuggery.”

— Toba Beta

Leaders can be wrong - but they can not be unclear.

— Toyotomi Hideyoshi

We have created stability, which is a necessary condition for development. But I can't call this system authoritarian.

— Vladimir Putin

Government is being founded on opinion, the opinion of the public, even when it is wrong, ought to be respected to a certain degree.

— Thomas Jefferson

We have two distinct types of political organization to take into account; and clearly, too, when their origins are considered, it is impossible to…

— Albert J. Nock

My thesis is that government is not, in fact, broken. It's just listening to the wrong people, and it's listening to all of this…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

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