#dictator

Saddam Hussein was a brutal tyrant. I am glad he is now on trial for crimes against humanity. But, opposition to a dictator is not the measure I use when deciding whether to send our men and women in uniform off to war and possible death. ↗

— Peter DeFazio

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When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. ↗

— Harry S. Truman

#efficient #government #you

I've met quite a few dictators up close and personal in my life. ↗

— Paul Wolfowitz

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My father was criticized as a dictator, but that should not overshadow his accomplishments in restructuring the country. He brought Korea out of 5,000 years of poverty. What he left unaccomplished was democratization of the system. ↗

— Park Geun-hye

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I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

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When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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You can't become a dictator through checks and balances. ↗

— Tommy Chong

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

— J. Michael Straczynski

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I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

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I've recorded 25 or 30 albums. I know that sometimes when you work with producers who are kinda dictators, it doesn't help you make a better record. ↗

— Ace Frehley

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