Regime Quotes

None of the evils which totalitarianism ... claims to remedy is worse than totalitarianism itself.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.”

We are going through a fascistic time..

Thank God we in Iran have neither the desire nor the need to suffer from democracy.

... the perfect dictatorship.

Brother Number One

I do think everybody pays their dues in Gilead, whether you're the most high-up commander or not. Everybody has to face the consequences of their actions.

People in Cuba are victims.

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.

Zaire's one-party system is the most elaborate form of democracy

De Gaulle has all the characteristics to be a dictator.

No one believes for a moment the embargo will prompt the Iraqi people to rise against Saddam Hussein.

Who Saddam Hussein kills, dies.

Mr. Putin presents himself as a czar - and like any czar, he fears revolution above all else.

Fascism was an emergency makeshift. To view it as something more would be a fatal error.

I dare hope that all the peoples who have lived through communism will understand that communism is to blame for the bitter pages of their history.

The only people that have ever fought ISIS in Syria is not the regime; it is the Free Syrian Army.

I lived under the Nazis and under the Communists.

Since turning 40 I happily moisturise - I have what's called a regime - but I'm always in two minds because I have no idea if I'm completely wasting my money. They feel nice when they are on but I can't stop wondering, 'Am I succumbing to the same nonsense I try to fight against in other areas?'

Our priority is to go after ISIL. And so what we have said is that we are not engaging in a military action against the Syrian regime. We are going after ISIL facilities and personnel who are using Syria as a safe haven, in service of our strategy in Iraq.

It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.

A regime that wraps itself in the flag of truth fears truth most of all, for if its story is falsified to the slightest degree, its authority is gone.

Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.

President Karzai's regime is not perfect. There are problems of improving governance. But you cannot transform Afghanistan overnight. It is going to be a long-term affair.

For a country to have a great writer ... is like having another government. That’s why no régime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.