Surrender Quote by Victor Davis Hanson Download Open image “Most authoritarians do not surrender power voluntarily.” — Victor Davis Hanson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Surrender
In my view dictators do not surrender. They have to be well and truly defeated. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Once people sense their own power, no authoritarian government can stand against the people who are determined to be free. — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Copy Share Image
Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to. — Joe Chung Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
All governments must maintain power through consent, not coercion. — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Copy Share Image
Everyone has the opportunity to dictate their own way of life, but not everyone can maintain the power of a dictator. — Djc Copy Share Image
“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I wish I could attribute the absence of any conventional Arab offensive in the last 20 years to a change of political climate or… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Offering 'comprehensive' reform usually means years of arguing and horse-trading among pressure groups to get anything done. By the time all the special interests… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
I see a continuation of the populist outrage that prompted the Brexit and sparked the Bernie Sanders campaign. — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking. — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
“Nicholas Monsarrat’s epic postwar novel of the Battle of the Atlantic, The Cruel Sea, is a quite different, nightmarish elemental story of men at… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
The wisdom and spirit of Churchill not only saved Britain from the Third Reich but saved Western civilization from a Nazi Dark Ages when… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
For all the criticism about warlords, it is now likely that Afghanistan will never again be turned over to al Qaeda to train thousands… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
The columnist like myself or people at Stanford University don't wake up in the morning and see their job outsourced. Yet we promote free… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
A country that cannot count its own illegal aliens - estimates range from 8-12 million - with a porous 2,000 mile border is not… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
“Japan would live and die by the race card—defining (and demonizing) America as “white” and thus Japan as a kindred but clearly superior “yellow”… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
The gradual decline of a society is often a self-induced process of trying to meet ever-expanding appetites, rather than a physical inability to produce… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
There is so much temptation to hold on to my career even more now. To try to micromanage and dictate every little aspect. But… — Jeremy Lin Copy Share Image
Where did I surrender, can you tell me how and when. I'm the one who's always in control. Leading with my heart like there… — Toby Keith Copy Share Image
Anderson sent me to give you this he said. I believe the subtext was kiss and makeup. This time I was sure I made… — Jenna Black Copy Share Image
Every genuine expression of love grows out of a consistent and total surrender to God. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Marriage is meant to be more about your surrender than about your satisfaction. — Scott Means Copy Share Image
Engaging the city around us and ministering to its needs reveal to us the remaining bastions of sin in our lives, the areas we… — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Don't yield to that alluring witch, laziness, or else be prepared to surrender all that you have won in your better moments. — Horace Copy Share Image
There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
At the depths of that dusty soul there is nothing but abject surrender. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Dear God, I surrender this thought to you, for I would see the miracle that lies behind it. Amen. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
