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It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.
Herbert Hoover
Free
Free Speech
Power
Suppressed
Own
Ladder
Every
Immediately
Paradox
Except
Attaining
Climbed
His
Dictator
Each
Speech
A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.
George H. W. Bush
Day
Freedom
Man
Heart
Refreshed
World
Old
Tree
Ancient
Totalitarian
Seems
Fact
Lifeless
Over
New
Like
Ideas
Era
Leaves
Passing
Dictator
Blowing
Blown
Blown Away
In Fact
Old Ideas
Breeze
Reborn
Away
Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.
Noam Chomsky
Obedience
Would
Admire
Dictator
Any
Uniformity
Media
Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.
C. S. Lewis
God
Satan
Leader
Devils
Opposite
Michael
Dictator
If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
Mel Brooks
You
Win
Never
Trade
Dictator
Rhetoric
Soapbox
Stand
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
War
Democracy
People
Way
Say
Threaten
Something
He
Like
Him
Dictator
Any
Elected
Who
Resemblance
Even
Every anarchist is a baffled dictator.
Benito Mussolini
Every
Anarchist
Baffled
Dictator
Dictators, unlike Democrats, depend on a small coterie to sustain their power. These backers, generally drawn from the military, the senior civil service, and family or clan members, have a synergistic relationship with their dictator. The dictator delivers opportunities for them to become rich, and they protect him from being overthrown.
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Service
Family
Relationship
Opportunities
Power
Become
Depend
Rich
Military
Unlike
Drawn
Clan
Members
Civil
Civil Service
Small
Generally
Protect
Him
Democrats
Overthrown
Dictator
Dictators
Senior
Being
Sustain
Them
Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.
George Ayittey
Dictatorship
Free
Free Society
First
Society
Must
Only
Step
Also
First Step
Dictator
Getting
Establishing
Rid
The framers hated the tyranny of King George, but they were also afraid of the mob. That's why they put so many checks and balances into our system, to guard against the excesses of a government that might be inflamed by public passion or perverted by a dictator's whim.
David Ignatius
Government
Passion
Tyranny
King
Guard
Framers
Our
System
Hated
Excess
Put
Checks
Checks And Balances
Also
Balances
George
Were
Mob
Dictator
Inflamed
Afraid
Against
Whim
Public
Might
Many
Why
No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever.
J. Michael Straczynski
Invader
Force
Arms
Dictator
Imprisoned
Forever
Hold
Population
Both sides in Syria are bad. One side is a brutal dictator, and the other includes Islamists and terrorists who are dangerous already and who would be brutal in power if given the chance.
Newt Gingrich
Dangerous
Power
Other
Side
Sides
Syria
Bad
Would
Would-Be
Given
Bad One
Both
Both Sides
Brutal
Islamists
Terrorists
Dictator
Who
Chance
Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction.
George W. Bush
Destruction
Addicted
Weapons
Hussein
Saddam
Saddam Hussein
Mass
Mass Destruction
Dictator
Who
North Korea is not the dictator's country; it's 25 million citizens' country, and they are suffering under the dictator. North Koreans are really nice, kind, pure people. I hate the dictator and the regime, but I love my home country.
Lee Hyeon-seo
Love
Home
Suffering
Hate
People
Pure
Country
Nice
Kind
Citizens
Korea
Koreans
Dictator
North
North Korea
Regime
Really
Million
You can't become a dictator through checks and balances.
Tommy Chong
You
Become
Through
Checks
Checks And Balances
Balances
Dictator
So my character on 'Tyrant' is a chap called Barry Al Fayeed, and he is the second son of a fictional Middle Eastern dictator. But, he has grown up since he was young in America. He's trained as a doctor. He's married a beautiful American girl, had two kids, so he's very much an American.
Adam Rayner
Beautiful
Character
Son
Doctor
Girl
Young
Chap
Tyrant
Kids
Married
Eastern
Had
He
Since
Up
Very
Dictator
Trained
America
American
Middle
Middle Eastern
Fictional
Much
Barry
Al
Grown
Grown-Up
Second
Two
My position and the state will never allow me to become a dictator, but an authoritarian ruling style is characteristic of me.
Alexander Lukashenko
Me
Will
Style
Become
State
Ruling
Characteristic
Allow
Never
Dictator
Authoritarian
Position
I ask myself what is a dictator? I don't understand. It is some kind of terrible person, a bad person. But I am not frightening. I am not a bad person at all.
Alexander Lukashenko
Myself
Kind
Bad
Some
Terrible
Understand
Am
Dictator
Frightening
Person
Ask
I have a hoarding problem because my mom is from a third-world country. And she taught me that you can never throw away anything because you never know when a dictator is going to overtake the country and snatch all of your wealth.
Ali Wong
Mom
Me
You
Problem
Wealth
Country
Throw
Never
Know
She
Because
Overtake
Dictator
Going
Hoarding
Taught
Anything
Your
Away
There's nothing to fear. I'm not a dictator.
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
Fear
Nothing
Dictator
General Zia-ul-Haq, a dictator and unscrupulous political actor, used Islam as a pretext for waging war in Afghanistan and adopting an aggressive stance towards India. By advancing a more orthodox version of Islam, he was able to hold on to a repressive regime and quell any opposition.
Asma Jahangir
War
Political
Islam
Aggressive
India
Able
Pretext
Adopting
General
More
He
Advancing
Towards
Waging
Opposition
Quell
Version
Dictator
Any
Afghanistan
Repressive
Hold
Regime
Stance
Used
Actor
Orthodox
I suppose anyone who calls a dictator a dictator is 'dangerous' and 'imbalanced.'
Asma Jahangir
Dangerous
Suppose
Calls
Dictator
Anyone
Who
Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator.
Bob Kerrey
Needs
Cuba
Dictator
Get
Wants
Rid
Baseball
To understand why dictators fall, it helps to recognise factors that produce a perfect anti-dictatorial storm. Barring missteps such as those that led to Gaddafi's undoing, a dictator's survival can be at risk because of newness in office, poor health, or old age combined with economic trouble.
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Health
Survival
Age
Old
Trouble
Fall
Old Age
Those
Recognise
Risk
Economic
Perfect
Factors
Combined
Because
Understand
Led
Undoing
Dictator
Dictators
Office
Gaddafi
Storm
Newness
Poor
Poor Health
Produce
Helps
Why
When it comes to music, I am a dictator. Making a Dirty Projectors record come to life is like making a movie; I'm the one that makes the picture, and then we all figure out how to realise it.
David Longstreth
Life
Music
Picture
Out
Record
Dirty
Come
Like
Makes
How
Making
Am
Dictator
Movie
Realise
Then
Figure
As a director, you're a bit of a dictator. But I feel that you're a better director if you're open to other people's ideas. It means that it's tougher: you have to be in a choosing process; you have to put the ego aside. As long as everybody's aiming in the same direction... I'm open to my main partners in the film crew.
Denis Villeneuve
You
Director
People
Ego
Better
Long
Crew
Other
Everybody
Aiming
Bit
Direction
Tougher
Main
Open
Put
Feel
Ideas
Partners
Dictator
Same
Same Direction
Process
Aside
Means
Choosing
Film
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