Quotes About Authoritarianism

The courts, instead of being constraints on government, have become alternative instruments for the expansion of government.

When liberal democracies work well, state, law, and accountability all reinforce one another

In many cases, authoritarian states are capable of producing rates of economic growth unachievable in democratic societies.

Trump represented a broader trend in international politics, toward what has been labeled populist nationalism.

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Our regime is based on bayonets and blood, not on hypocritical elections.

One thing that I am sure of... is that whatever the contingencies that may arise, wherever I am there will be no Communism

Es también evidente afirmar que, si las condiciones político-sociales son autoritarias o, cuando menos no ciertamente democráticas, las decisiones judiciales padecerán y con ellas, muy probablemente, quienes las emiten.

Relieving people of the burden of freedom in order to make them feel safe is a recurring theme in the history of authoritarianism.

It is commonly thought with criminal flippancy that to politicize the masses means from time to time haranguing them with a major political speech.

Dictatorships always immediately ban short selling, since it is axiomatic with them that no professional pessimists are going to be tolerated.

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in an officially enforced inequality - an authoritarian determination of the status of each individual in the new hierarchical order.

I distrust all systematisers, and avoid them. The will to a system shows a lack of honesty.

They were all outraged," Grella said. "And then they fell into line

He'd been convinced that if he could just explain his condition to the city, they would all listen to reason and let him control their lives perfectly.

Unfortunately, it's been an easy formula throughout history—in politics, religion, and business—that if you can keep people afraid, and give them an enemy who is responsible for their fear, you can get people to do just about anything. This is the playbook for authoritarian leaders here and around the globe.

soul-sucking vampires who were profiting from the increased sense of helplessness in society.

Men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men.

The saddest country I went to was Romania, years ago, during Ceausescu's rule.

In 1984, George Orwell wrote of a world where the only colour to be found was in the propaganda posters. Such is the case in North Korea. Images of Kim Il-sung are depicted in vivid colours. Rays of yellow and orange emanate from his face: he is the sun.

The impulsivity of M. B. S. has been a consistent theme - from the war in Yemen to the wave of arrests of constructive critics, royals, and senior officials accused of corruption.

As much as we Egyptians treasure our military, acting alone it cannot provide the legitimacy to lay the foundations for democracy.

John Howard Davies was not a very human person... if you made a mistake of any kind, any sort of pause in speech, he would treat you rather as if he was a schoolmaster.

A lot of my movies were completely destroyed by the censors, who can be pretty arbitrary. They're not completely fair with how they treat one person vs. another.