Quotes about Autocracy

Trump did not want a White House that ran by any method other than to satisfy his desires.

Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Tyrants and autocrats have always understood that literacy, learning, books and newspapers are potentially dangerous. They can put independent and even rebellious ideas in the heads of their subjects.

It's an old, old trick of autocratic rule. Good subjects must feel guilty. The guilt begins as a feeling of failure. The good autocrat provides many opportunities for failure in the populace.