“We are protesting a new form of dictatorship and authoritarianism.”
Abhisit Vejjajiva
“The genuine dictator makes people cry not only by his life, but also by his death.”
Ilkin Santak
“Exaggeration of the national values is the work of dictators.”
“The problem is authority. But these Vatican officials seem unable to understand authority except as authoritarianism.”
David Tracy
“There's no question the '68 generation has achieved a lot .... But they have gone too far with their anti-authoritarian views, such as on the family or education. They have thrown out the baby with the bath water. We want to use state institutions, not constantly put them in question.”
Christian Wulff
“The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism.”
Vladimir Putin
“Asia's governments come in two broad varieties: young, fragile democracies - and older, fragile authoritarian regimes.”
Paul A. Samuelson