(231 quotes found)
“Democracy consists of choosing your dictators after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear”
Alan Coren
“If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it's because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body (and with it your own voice), and that's the most revolutionary insight of all.”
Erica Jong
“Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry.”
Winston Churchill
“More harm was done in the 20th century by faceless bureaucrats than tyrant dictators.”
Dennis Prager
“No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.”
J. Michael Straczynski
“We have a president for whom English is a second language. He's like 'We have to get rid of dictators,' but he's pretty much one himself.”
Robin Williams
“I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator”
Richard Branson
“I'm not a dictator. It's just that I have a grumpy face.”
Augusto Pinochet
“We know that dictators are quick to choose aggression, while free nations strive to resolve differences in peace.”
George W. Bush
“Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes”
Jan Masaryk