Agents Quote by Vladimir Lenin

In an autocracy, one person has his way; in an aristocracy, a few people have their way; in a democracy, no one has his…

— Celia Green

Totalitarianism surpasses autocracy.

— Bernard Crick

“The old vicious cycle of empires threatened to repeat itself, the old story of the many led by the few. Always it had come,…

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins.

— Ambrose Bierce

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off: it may run about in a lively way, but…

— Nancy Mitford

“Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle. Aristocracy ruins itself by limiting too narrowly the circle withing which…

— Will Durant

“Absolute monarchy may indeed be the most efficient system the world has ever known, but we had better wait for the absolute control of…

— Kenneth O. Gangel

“But even democracy ruins itself by excess—of democracy. Its basic principle is the equal right of all to hold office and determine public policy.…

— Will Durant

“In an absolutism, the autocrat is visible and tangible. The real despotism of republican institutions is far deeper, more insidious, because it rests on…

— Alexander Berkman

There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,…

— Thomas Jefferson

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

— Edmund Burke

Ignorant, unconscious and dishonourable part of a society want and like kings, dictators, padishahs and all sort of despots; educated, conscious and honourable part…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan