Regime Type Quotes

I have established the republic. But today it is not clear whether the form of government is a republic, a dictatorship, or personal rule.

Communism and socialism, programs for intellectual control over society ... fascism, a program for the social control of intellect.

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.

China is not ruled by a monolithic regime where one guy makes the decisions without regard to the sentiments of other leaders or care and concern for the people.

Dictatorships can exist with free markets - not that China is really a free market - especially in poor countries where the regime insists that it's a choice between food and liberty, a false choice. But increasing affluence will inevitably result in political pressure.

Democratic regimes may be defined as those in which, every now and then, the people are given the illusion of being sovereign, while the true sovereignty in actual fact resides in other forces which are sometimes irresponsible and secret.

I can honestly say I've never sold any arms to a repressive foreign regime while reassuring everyone at home that the weapons will be used for nice things.

The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism.

We are not and will never be an authoritarian regime.

We're not a democracy.

[Describing Russia:] ... the most realistic regime in the world—no ideals.

Fascism is not the result of dictatorship.

For 73 years a totalitarian regime ruled the country. Totalitarian regime.

Liberals and international diplomats (a distinction without a difference) have notorious difficulty understanding how to deal with totalitarian regimes.

The Arabs have managed to turn democracy or their revolution into a dynastic or monarchic regime, which is handed down. Most Arab regimes are monarchic regimes, one way or another---especially the republics.

In times of political confusion, and under an arbitrary government, many will prefer to keep their capital inactive, concealed, and unproductive, either of profit or gratification, rather than run the risk of its display. This latter evil is never felt under a good government.

Your economic and social development is linked to the kind of regime you have.

Man is about the same, in the main, whether with despotism, or whether with freedom.

So that in 1974, when I graduated as a lawyer, I figured I'm not going to be a lawyer under a military regime.

The widespread abuse of prisoners is a virtually foolproof indication that politicians are trying to impose a system--whether political, religious or economic--that is rejected by large numbers of the people they are ruling. Just as ecologists define ecosystems by the presence of certain "indicator species" of plants and birds, torture is an indicator species of a regime that is engaged in a deeply anti-democratic project, even if that regime happens to have come to power through elections.

The democratic system prevailing in the world does not suit us ...

A society without civil, political, and property rights may indeed find it difficult to innovate innovation outside the military sector, but it often has a relatively easy time adopting technologies that have already been developed elsewhere.

To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.

I worry about a democracy having nuclear weapons as much as a dictatorship having nuclear weapons.

Democracies are not very stable.