Quotes about Authoritarianism
'Dare to Discipline' was published in 1970 in the midst of the Vietnam War and a culture of rebellion. The book was written in that context, but the principles of child rearing have not changed.
- James Dobson
Blasphemy and sedition (meaning the truth about Church and State).
- George Bernard Shaw
Disunion by force is treason.
- Andrew Jackson
Yes, our country has its shortcomings, but there's no moral equivalency between democracy and totalitarianism…There's no moral equivalency between propaganda and the truth.
- Ronald Reagan
Fascist movements kill off their critics, literally or metaphorically, while democratic movements value, invite and even welcome criticism.
- Parker Palmer
Authority is God ordained, but authoritarianism and raw power, in almost all forms, is dangerous.
- James Dobson
All private plans, all private lives, have been in a sense repealed by an overriding public danger.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
For it is a moroseness too imperious, to wish that what we ourselves follow as right, and consonant with our duty, should be prescribed as a law to others.
- John Calvin
Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.
- Aung San Suu Kyi
The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.
- Woodrow Wilson
I hate the Communist system but I love the men. I hate the sin but I love the sinner.
- Richard Wurmbrand
Silence! said the ruffian. To the devil with your clamour!
- Emily Bronte