244 Quotes About Dictatorship

Outre qu'il est fatigant d'écouter debout dans la foule un long morceau d'éloquence, entendre tonner contre les ennemis du régime n'est pas un pur plaisir quand on tient soi-même de plus près qu'on ne voudrait aux suspects et aux condamnés.

Some clever and honourable nations change their regime from authoritarian to a democratic one, and some weak-kneed dictator lover miserable nations do the exact opposite! Don’t try to look for a character in a person who gave up his freedom, because he does have none!

There is no sunset in a fascist country, because there is not a Sun in a fascist country!

Dictatorship is the best revenge.

The formation of Stalin’s character is particularly important because the nature of his rule was so personal.

Decir estudiante hoy en día no significa na, pero en una América Latina con los ánimos exaltados por la Caída de Arbenz, por el Apedreo de Nixon, por las Guerrillas de la Sierra Maestra, por las cínicas maniobras sin fin de los Yankee Pig Dogs —en una América Latina ya entrada año y medio en la Década de la Guerrilla— ser estudiante era algo, un agente de cambio, una secuencia de quantum vibrante en el universo serio newtoniano.

For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey between footsteps makes up our lives.

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.