Authoritarianism Quotes

"The rights of the people come from God, not the government" "History proves that all dictatorships, all authoritarian forms of government are transient. Only democratic systems are not transient." "The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants." "If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent, we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter" "Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness." "The fuhrer alone is the present and future German reality and its law." "We must uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China" "War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." "Big Brother is watching you." "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever." "Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." "Four legs good, two legs bad." "The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any." "Leaders who do not act dialogically but insist on imposing their decisions do not organize the people they manipulate them" "The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress" "To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them" "The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home" "If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy" "When fascism comes to America, it will not be in brown and black shirts. It will not be with jackboots. It will be Nike sneakers and Smiley shirts" "Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state. "