Quotes About Authoritarianism

Hong Kong is not an independent entity... and cannot decide, on its own, its political development.

Fascism in power is the open, terroristic dictatorship of the most reactionary, the most chauvinistic, the most imperialistic elements of finance capitalism.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

the selfish gladly consoled themselves with the thought that though it was merciful at least it was not liberal;

We all remember how many religious wars were fought for a religion of love and gentleness; how many bodies were burned alive with the genuinely kind intention of saving souls from the eternal fire of hell. Only if we give up our authoritarian attitude in the realm of opinion, only if we establish the attitude of give and take, of readiness to learn from other people, can we hope to control acts of violence inspired by piety and duty.

Scientific' Marxism is dead. Its feeling of social responsibility and its love for freedom must survive.

There are certain narrow, umimaginative, and autocratic old people who seem to call out the most mischievous and sometimes the worst traits in children.

the result will be the expansion of government.

The new business model for America is clearly recognizable. Its dominant feature is the merger of government, real estate, and commerce into a single structure, tightly controlled at the top. It is the same model used in Soviet Russia, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Communist China.

Inefficiency is to be our safeguard against despotism.

In consequence, our organizations are often less resilient, creative, and energetic than the people inside them. The culprit is bureaucracy—with its authoritarian power structures, suffocating rules, and toxic politicking

We need common sense and political stability and sensible, workable policies. That's what government is for.

Coming of age in a fascist police state will not be a barrel of fun for anybody, much less for people like me, who are not inclined to suffer Nazis gladly and feel only contempt for the cowardly flag-suckers who would gladly give up their outdated freedom to live for the mess of pottage they have been conned into believing will be freedom from fear.

That gin-soaked little Nazi from the Gazette got pissed off when you didn't doff your hat for the national anthem," Burgin explained. "He kept bitching about you to the guy in charge of the press box, then he got that asshole who works for him all cranked up and they started talking about having you arrested." "Jesus creeping shit," I muttered. "Now I know why I got out of sportswriting.

Many Muslim parents are authoritarian, which leaves young men and women with limited spaces to express themselves. Self-expression and autonomy are regarded as symptoms of 'Westernisation.'

Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.

Dictators aren't stupid, or regimes could be toppled easily by young people mobilizing on Facebook.

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

There aren't a lot of things that are extraordinary about Putin, but his greed is truly extraordinary.

Trump, like Putin, has a demonstrably thin skin and short temper when it comes to being criticized by journalists.

What Trump is not smart enough to even grasp is that the kind of popularity that Putin has can only be achieved in the context of retro-totalitarianism.

Lukashenko is very much like Trump, because democracy and Trump are incompatible things.

Donald Trump is about the rise of right-wing extremism, not only in this country, but in Europe.

Trust me, I've been to countries where there's no government. And our government's pretty damned good.