#dictator

Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens. ↗

— William Beveridge

#among #citizens #cultivate #democracy #dictators

It's true that General Musharraf opposes my return, seeing me as a symbol of democracy in the country. He is comfortable with dictatorship. I hope better sense prevails. ↗

— Benazir Bhutto

#better sense #comfortable #country #democracy #dictatorship

I'm a benevolent dictator. ↗

— Harvey Weinstein

#dictator #i

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law. ↗

— Demosthenes

#enemy #every #freedom #law #opponent

Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police. ↗

— Tony Blair

#anywhere #chance #choice #choose #democracy

Sometimes I think that a parody of democracy could be more dangerous than a blatant dictatorship, because that gives people an opportunity to avoid doing anything about it. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#anything #avoid #because #blatant #could

We've been saying Putin is a dictator for years who doesn't care about the law. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#been #care #dictator #law #putin

Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship. ↗

— William Blum

#dictatorship #propaganda #violence

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness. ↗

— Niels Bohr

#democracy #dictatorship #openness #secrecy #should

Iraq is a country that has been invaded. It's not a failing state that you want to help. It's a country that was functioning good or bad, with a horrible dictator, but you have invaded. ↗

— Lakhdar Brahimi

#been #country #dictator #failing #functioning