Dictatorships Quotes
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One of the things that I realized when I left office was that in the 1990's citizens across the world applied more power than they had ever had, as compared with the government, because of more people living under democracies than dictatorships for the first time, the power of the internet, which the young Chinese used to basically change China's policy on the SARS epidemic, and shut it down, and because of the rise in non-governmental organizations like my foundation.
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I hate war... for the dictatorships it puts in the place of democracies, and for the starvation that stalks after it.
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Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic.
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Dictatorships start wars because they need external enemies to exert internal control over their own people.
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There's a strong message of divine righteousness in dictatorships. Every megalomaniac has to believe his actions are sanctioned by God.
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Dictatorships are never as strong as they think they are, and people are never as weak as they think they are.
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I renounce war for its consequences, for the lies it lives on and propagates, for the undying hatred it arouses, for the dictatorships it puts in place of democracy, for the starvation that stalks after it. I renounce war, and never again, directly or indirectly, will I sanction or support another.
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In our modern age - in the age of free information - I don't think there is any place for dictatorships.
