Authoritarianism Quote by Leonard Read

While communism is the control of business by government, fascism is the control of government by business,

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

The difference between [socialism and fascism] is superficial and purely formal, but it is significant psychologically: it brings the authoritarian nature of a planned…

— Ayn Rand

Fascism was little more than terrorist rule by corrupt gangsters. Mussolini was not corrupt himself but he did nothing except to rage impotently.

— A. J. P. Taylor

Fascism is the cult of organised murder , invented by the arch-enemies of society . It tends to destroy civilization and revert man to…

— Marcus Garvey

Fascism is actually the work of the synergistic effort of big government and big corporations working together to stifle the people. And that's what…

— Aaron Russo

I really am a pessimist. I've always felt that fascism is a more natural governmental condition than democracy. Democracy is a grace. It's something…

— Norman Mailer

Neither Italian fascism nor German national "socialism" have anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society, primarily because private ownership of factories, plants,…

— Joseph Stalin

“Just as communism always begins with an appeal to “humanity” and equality” and ends with inhuman despotism, so does fascism always begin with an…

— Sydney J. Harris

Communism is fascism with a human face.

— Susan Sontag

Fascism is the consequence of economic jam and dictatorship is the product of Fascism, for Fascism cannot be managed save by a dictator.

— John T. Flynn

Fascism is a system of political authority and social order intended to reinforce the unity, energy, and purity of communities in which liberal democracy…

— Robert O. Paxton

“Neither Italian fascism nor German National-"Socialism" has anything in common with such a [Soviet socialistic] society. Primarily, this is because the private ownership of…

— Joseph Stalin