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Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.
George Orwell
George Orwell
George Orwell
Born: Jun 25, 1903
Died: Jan 21, 1950

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Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. George Orwell
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The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting. Charles Bukowski
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Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery out of the most extreme liberty. Plato
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When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right. Victor Hugo
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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
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The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness. Niels Bohr
Best Democracy Dictatorship Secrecy Weapon Openness Should
Military dictatorship is born from the power of the gun, and so it undermines the concept of the rule of law and gives birth to a culture of might, a culture of weapons, violence and intolerance. Benazir Bhutto
Culture Law Dictatorship Gun Power Military Birth Rule Rule Of Law Intolerance Weapons Born Gives Concept Might Violence
No one should suffer from the great delusion that any form of communism or socialism which promotes the dictatorship of the few instead of the initiative of the millions can produce a happier or more prosperous society. Charles E. Wilson
Great Communism Socialism Dictatorship Few Society More No-One Delusion Instead Prosperous Any Form Happier Which Produce Should Initiative Suffer Millions
One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship. George Orwell
Dictatorship Revolution Safeguard Makes Does Establish Order
When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship. Harry S Truman
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