Authoritarianism Quotes

"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. " "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"