Authoritarianism Quotes

"Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think." "The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes" "Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called." "In a nation ruled by swine, all pigs are upward mobile" "Crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant" "Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media." "The powers in charge keep us in a perpetual state of fear keep us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor with the cry of grave national emergency" "Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure" "The strengthening of our statehood is at times deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism." "Ignorance and obscurantism have never produced anything other than flocks of slaves for tyranny" "The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists." "The more cynical reason people give in to totalitarianism is that they can't stand the boredom of total liberty."