#dictators

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

— Harry S. Truman

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Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time. ↗

— Lech Walesa

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We have a president for whom English is a second language. He's like 'We have to get rid of dictators,' but he's pretty much one himself. ↗

— Robin Williams

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

— Paul Wolfowitz

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The world will not accept dictatorship or domination. ↗

— Mikhail Gorbachev

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Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people. ↗

— Harold H. Greene

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In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war. ↗

— Arthur Henderson

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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

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I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator. ↗

— Richard Branson

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Jazz is about freedom within discipline. Usually a dictatorship like in Russia and Germany will prevent jazz from being played because it just seemed to represent freedom, democracy and the United States. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

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