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Authoritarianism8 quotes
This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law. — Coach Herman Boone · 2000Let them hate, so long as they fear. — CaligulaSomeday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. — Travis Bickle · 1976Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry. — Winston Churchill · 1937Why are you so afraid of the word ‘Fascism,’ Doremus? Just a word-just a word! And might not be so bad, with all the lazy bums we got panhandling relief nowadays, and living on my income tax and yours-not so worse to have a real Strong Man, like Hitler or Mussolini-like Napoleon or Bismarck in the good old days-and have ‘em really run the country and make it efficient and prosperous again. ‘Nother words, have a doctor who won’t take any back-chat, but really boss the patient and make him get well whether he likes it or not! — Sinclair Lewis · 1935The first half of this century has been marked by unprecedented and brutal attacks on the rights of man, and by the two most frightful wars in history. The supreme need of our time is for men to learn to live together in peace and harmony. — Harry Truman · 1949All 8 quotes →20th century1 quote
The first half of this century has been marked by unprecedented and brutal attacks on the rights of man, and by the two most frightful wars in history. The supreme need of our time is for men to learn to live together in peace and harmony. — Harry Truman · 1949Authority1 quote
This is no democracy. It is a dictatorship. I am the law. — Coach Herman Boone · 2000Decadence1 quote
Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets. — Travis Bickle · 1976Democracy1 quote
Right conclusions are more likely to be gathered out of a multitude of tongues, than through any kind of authoritative selection. To many this is, and will always be, folly; but we have staked upon it our all. — Learned Hand · 1943Dictators1 quote
Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry. — Winston Churchill · 1937Fascism1 quote
Why are you so afraid of the word ‘Fascism,’ Doremus? Just a word-just a word! And might not be so bad, with all the lazy bums we got panhandling relief nowadays, and living on my income tax and yours-not so worse to have a real Strong Man, like Hitler or Mussolini-like Napoleon or Bismarck in the good old days-and have ‘em really run the country and make it efficient and prosperous again. ‘Nother words, have a doctor who won’t take any back-chat, but really boss the patient and make him get well whether he likes it or not! — Sinclair Lewis · 1935Fear1 quote
Let them hate, so long as they fear. — CaligulaFear in politics1 quote
Let them hate, so long as they fear. — CaligulaHate1 quote
Let them hate, so long as they fear. — CaligulaInternational politics1 quote
The first half of this century has been marked by unprecedented and brutal attacks on the rights of man, and by the two most frightful wars in history. The supreme need of our time is for men to learn to live together in peace and harmony. — Harry Truman · 1949Liberalism1 quote
Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy, and creates dissension. — Mao Zedong · 1937Political intolerance1 quote
Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy, and creates dissension. — Mao Zedong · 1937Political theory1 quote
Right conclusions are more likely to be gathered out of a multitude of tongues, than through any kind of authoritative selection. To many this is, and will always be, folly; but we have staked upon it our all. — Learned Hand · 1943Politics1 quote
Right conclusions are more likely to be gathered out of a multitude of tongues, than through any kind of authoritative selection. To many this is, and will always be, folly; but we have staked upon it our all. — Learned Hand · 1943Revolution1 quote
Liberalism is extremely harmful in a revolutionary collective. It is corrosive which eats away unity, undermines cohesion, causes apathy, and creates dissension. — Mao Zedong · 1937