#dictator

No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. ↗

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Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator. ↗

— Henry Flynt

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The president feels not only do we need to change these rogue regimes, but even our friendly allies, who really basically have, sort of, benign dictatorships, need to get with the program if they want to have long-term security and prosperity from terrorism. ↗

— Mitch McConnell

#basically #benign #change #dictatorships #even

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in any way, or even say something he doesn't like. It has no resemblance to democracy. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

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We have gone through everything as a nation - partition, dictatorship, and even anarchy. ↗

— Fatos Nano

#dictatorship #even #everything #gone #nation

I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today. ↗

— Georgios A. Papandreou

#becoming #country #dictatorship #during #family

Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people. ↗

— Richard Perle

#control #dictatorships #exert #external #internal

Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest. ↗

— Serj Tankian

#better #democracy #dictator #dumb #honest

When the dictators and the opportunists are gone, the cross will still stand before us and something in us will say, 'That is the real thing.' ↗

— Ralph W. Sockman

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Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas. ↗