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North Korea aside, most authoritarian governments have already accepted the growth of the Internet culture as inevitable; they have little choice but to find ways to shape it in accord with their own narratives - or risk having their narratives shaped by others. Evgeny Morozov

Culture Internet Inevitable Own Others Ways Find Risk Having Shape Shaped Most Accepted Narratives Korea Accord Governments Authoritarian North North Korea Little Aside Choice Growth

Faster roads are not always safer roads - and virtually all societies, democratic or authoritarian, prefer safety over speed, even if many of their citizens enjoy fast driving. Evgeny Morozov

Safety Enjoy Faster Speed Virtually Citizens Driving Roads Over Democratic Safer Always Authoritarian Prefer Many Even Fast Societies

My homeland of Belarus is an unlikely place for an Internet revolution. The country, controlled by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko since 1994, was once described by Condoleezza Rice as 'the last outpost of tyranny in Europe.' Evgeny Morozov

Internet Tyranny Country Revolution Alexander President Unlikely Once Since Condoleezza Condoleezza Rice Authoritarian Controlled Place Rice Europe Homeland Last

The crisis of democracy in the West is not the result of falling in love with another system. In Europe and America people who are disillusioned with democracy do not dream about the Chinese model or any other form of authoritarian rule. They do not dream about government that controls Internet and puts in prison those daring to disagree. Ivan Krastev

Love Government Democracy People Result Disagree Internet Prison Other Rule Those Crisis System Daring Dream About Puts Another Falling Falling In Love West Model Authoritarian America Any Controls Form Disillusioned Chinese Who Europe

With Taiwan, it took about 40 years to go from an authoritarian to a democratic society. Ma Ying-jeou

Society Took About Taiwan Democratic Democratic Society Go Years Authoritarian

And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what they all look for is some kind of a mechanism to go from an authoritarian system to an open, democratic system. Madeleine Albright

Time You Long Long Time Slightly System Tell Kind Some Open Studied Look Democratic Go Authoritarian Revolutions Different Mechanism

I am the first authoritarian government elected to become a dictator and then resigning as a dictator. So this is the first dictator in the world who has resigned while still quite healthy. Mahathir Mohamad

Government World First Become Healthy Am Still Dictator Authoritarian Quite While Elected Then Who Resigned Resigning

Trump's hate-filled rhetoric, blatant chauvinism, mean bullying, and open admiration of authoritarian rulers are more than just hints of what's to come if he is elected. Max Joseph

Bullying Rulers Admiration More Open He Blatant Come Hints Trump Than Authoritarian Just Rhetoric Mean Elected

Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe. Michael D. Higgins

Leadership Democracy Integrity Heart Courage Words Free State Inspiration Through His Authoritarian Successfully Europe Czechoslovakia

The words we spoke and our entire punk performance aimed to express our disapproval of a specific political event: the patriarchs' support of Vladimir Putin, who has taken an authoritarian and anti-feminist course. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

Words Political Punk Our Entire Taken Putin Support Spoke Performance Disapproval Course Authoritarian Who Express Event Specific

As a teacher, my strategy is to encourage questioning. I'm the least authoritarian professor you'll ever meet. Niall Ferguson

Teacher You Strategy Meet Least Encourage Questioning Authoritarian Ever Professor

The most interesting stuff happens when an authoritarian government removes itself a little and gives this margin of freedom. And then art is grabbed with both hands. Pawel Pawlikowski

Art Government Freedom Gives Both Stuff Most Itself Grabbed Authoritarian Hands Happens Interesting Little Then Margin

It is hard to imagine two more final endings to the 'war on terror' than the popular revolts against the authoritarian regimes in the Middle East and the death of bin Laden. Peter Bergen

Death War Final East More Terror Than Authoritarian Revolts Endings Middle Middle East Against Regimes Hard Popular Bin Two Imagine

China is building a model for how an authoritarian government can survive the Internet. Rebecca MacKinnon

Government Internet Building How Survive Model Authoritarian China

I think the Chinese model is one that appeals more and more in the developing world. People see that an authoritarian state can hold onto power, can hold on to stability and can drive the economy forward. Richard Engel

Certainly businesses the world over are facing greater competitive pressure than ever before, and this leads to executive stress which, in turn, tends to bring out authoritarian tendencies in many bosses. To balance this, we now know a lot more about how we can successfully cope with a situation that is not likely to improve in the near future. Srikumar Rao

Future Balance World Stress Pressure Before Situation Out About Bosses More Facing Tendencies Tends Leads Over Know Likely Executive Greater How Lot Than Authoritarian Improve Which Turn Successfully Certainly Businesses Many Now Ever Near Cope Bring Competitive

Belarus is a closed, authoritarian system, and the theme of Chernobyl is also a closed topic. Svetlana Alexievich

Closed Topic System Also Authoritarian Theme

Bobby Kennedy's conduct toward Lyndon Johnson was childish and despicable. As the years went on, he displayed nasty, self-pitying, and messianic qualities that would have made him a dangerously authoritarian president. Thomas Mallon

I probably will not live to see Turkey become an exemplary democracy, but I pray that the downward authoritarian drift can be stopped before it is too late. Fethullah Gulen

Democracy Too Late Will Become Before Live Too Late See Drift Exemplary Pray Authoritarian Stopped Turkey Downward

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