Authoritarianism Quote by Timothy Snyder

“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

“Most the power of authoritarianism is freely given.”

— Timothy Snyder

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

— James Guillaume

The individual act of obedience is the cornerstone not only of the strength of authoritarian society but also of its weakness.

— Robert Anton Wilson

“Love permits and even respects dissent: Authoritarianism does not. Everybody should learn the difference.”

— Jeri Massi

“All governments, even these precious “democracies,” derive all their power by force. Do something the government doesn’t want, like, say, cross the street against…

— S. Evan Townsend

“However sugarcoated and ambiguous, every form of authoritarianism must start with a belief in some group's greater right to power, whether that right is…

— Gloria Steinem

“authoritarian regimes currently experiencing some growth are likely to reach the limits of extractive growth before they transform their political institutions in a more…

— Daron Acemoğlu

“You must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.”

— James Madison

What we need is a government with authority but without authoritarianism.

— Jair Bolsonaro

Once people sense their own power, no authoritarian government can stand against the people who are determined to be free.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

“The authority of government, even such as I am willing to submit to— for I will cheerfully obey those who know and can do…

— Henry David Thoreau