Quotes of: Autocratic Keyword

The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.

Beau Willimon

It was not the first time - it was far from the firs time - that Damask had suspected that there was something queer, something quite out of the ordinary about her mind. Most people had minds which dealt with one thought, and then another, one at a t...

Afternoon of an Autocrat

I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent.

Leslie Nielsen

I've always been completely autocratic. I've never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.

Alan Parker

Maoists want a directly elected president, but this will give birth to an autocrat.

Sushil Koirala

Insanity is often the logic of an accurate mind overtasked

Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat.

Lawrence Durrell

Our mass movement will shatter this communal, fascist and autocratic center.

Lalu Prasad Yadav

You look at the greatest villains in human history, the fascists, the autocrats, they all wanted people to kneel before them because they don't love themselves enough.

Tom Hiddleston

Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don't live in that world anymore.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.

Catherine the Great

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.

William Lyon Mackenzie King

I loved Jack Ford. I got him in his later days, and he was a total tyrant and a total autocrat and an Irish drunk. But I had a great time.

Richard Widmark

The struggle for freedom is ultimately not resistance to autocrats or oligarchs but resistance to the despotism of public opinion.

Ludwig von Mises

Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all.

Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

No central planning, no autocratic rule and no military regime can produce what free man can do.

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

We are not subjects of an autocratic King, but are citizens of the country contributing to the advancement of our people who pay taxes out of their hard earned income.

Nilantha Ilangamuwa

The prince in 'The Leopard' was a very complex character - at times autocratic, rude, strong - at times romantic, good, understanding - and sometimes even stupid, and above all, mysterious.

Luchino Visconti

In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation.

Maggie Gallagher

A man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.

Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

In many countries, schools are preparing students to participate in a democratic environment; yet schools themselves tend to be extremely autocratic, with all high-level decisions being made by adults.

Adora Svitak