"Powerful dictatorships that make their leaders powerful need……" — Michael A. Ledeen

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• If social stability goes pear-shaped, you have a choice between anarchy and dictatorship. Most people will opt for more security,… — Margaret Atwood
• Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of… — Benazir Bhutto
• Extremism can flourish only in an environment where basic governmental social responsibility for the welfare of the people is neglected.… — Benazir Bhutto
• The Holy Book calls upon Muslims to resist tyranny. Dictatorships in Pakistan, however long, have, therefore, always collapsed in the… — Benazir Bhutto
• When the United States aligns with dictatorships and totalitarian regimes, it compromises the basic democratic principles of its foundation -… — Benazir Bhutto
• Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not… — Tony Blair
• The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of… — Niels Bohr
• I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator. — Richard Branson
• The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later;… — Charles Bukowski
• A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it. — George W. Bush
• The revolution is a dictatorship of the exploited against the exploiters. — Fidel Castro
• The only way to save the world is through socialism, but a socialism that exists within a democracy; there's no… — Hugo Chavez

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