Authoritarian Quote by Stephen Kinzer Download Open image “No authoritarian leader cedes power easily or turns it over to bodies he cannot control.” — Stephen Kinzer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Authoritarian Bodies Cannot Control Easily He Leader Leadership Over Power Turns
He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The real powerful person never rule on others, he is powerful enough to overrule himself. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
The dictator, in all his pride, is held in the grip of his party machine. He can go forward; he cannot go back. He… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
All leaders must have some power. Without power, you can't be a leader. — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
He who achieves power by violence does not truly become lord or master. — Thomas Aquinas Copy Share Image
No one can be truly powerful unless he has access to the command of major institutions, for it is over these institutional means of… — C. Wright Mills Copy Share Image
I don't think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
It is truly vital for the United States to assure that it is not attacked with weapons of mass destruction; to prevent wars in… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Because Iran understands Afghanistan far better than Americans do, making Iran a partner in a long-term effort to transform Afghan agriculture makes sense. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Land ownership in Guatemala is more unequal than anywhere else in Latin America. Roughly 90 percent of Guatemalan farms are too small to support… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Honduras is strongly anti-Communist, maintains no diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and has provided vital support for United States-backed rebels fighting to overthrow… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Any country that grants asylum to Snowden risks retaliation from the United States, including diplomatic isolation and costly trade sanctions. Several don't seem to… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Human Rights Watch wants Rwandans to be able to speak freely about their ethnic hatreds, and to allow political parties connected with the defeated… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
“Acheson immediately understood the urgency of this message. He summoned Ambassador Franks and told him that the United States resolutely opposed “the use of… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
During the 1980s, international interest in the Nicaraguan war was intense. No conflict since the Spanish civil war had provoked such passion around the… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
As long as Iran believes that its security will be increased by having a nuclear program, it's going to pursue its program. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Countries that control water are likely to be the big winners of the future. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
“It is a great tool of dictators and tyrants, who want to get masses of people to do what they want, to make sure… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
We very clearly do not want an authoritarian regime... setting standards in the world marketplace. — John Ratcliffe Copy Share Image
“Democracy can exist only in the countries where people are brave! Coward nations always live under the authoritarian regimes!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“Just as in the Trump-Giuliani Ukraine conspiracy, we saw a ruthless, single-minded obsession with staying in power; a manifest lack of moral values, shame,… — Marie Yovanovitch Copy Share Image
I am the first authoritarian government elected to become a dictator and then resigning as a dictator. So this is the first dictator in… — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
To be a parent, you must be authoritarian. If the Zambians want to succeed, they must learn to work hard, and they should not… — Michael Sata Copy Share Image
In authoritarian societies, cultural institutions tend to become ideological proxies - think of the National Ballet in Cuba or the East German gymnastics team. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
“I’m a nonviolent guy, but the next time some brainwashed Duracell trapped in the Matrix tells you that by curtailing our liberties the authorities… — Sol Luckman Copy Share Image
I'm actually a miserable, authoritarian guy at home... no really, I'm strict. — Sean Lock Copy Share Image
Bobby Kennedy's conduct toward Lyndon Johnson was childish and despicable. As the years went on, he displayed nasty, self-pitying, and messianic qualities that would… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
Vladimir Putin is creating an axis of authoritarian regimes that he will lead. — Malcolm Nance Copy Share Image
It is true that authoritarian governments increasingly see the Internet as a threat in part because they see the U.S. government behind the Internet. — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image