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    It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.

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"How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, communists, atheists, New Age worshipers of Satan, secular humanists, oppressive dictators, read more

"How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, communists, atheists, New Age worshipers of Satan, secular humanists, oppressive dictators, greedy money changers, revolutionary assassins, adulterers, and homosexuals are on top?

by Pat Robertson Found in: Dictators Quotes,
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No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in read more

No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. There is no greater power in the universe than the need for freedom. Against that power, governments and tyrants and armies cannot stand.

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Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes

Dictators are rulers who always look good until the last ten minutes

by Jan Masaryk Found in: Dictators Quotes,
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Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates read more

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life

by Oscar Wilde Found in: Paradox Quotes,
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Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law

by Demosthenes Found in: Dictators Quotes,
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This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the event as event, but of read more

This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the event as event, but of the relationship of that event to past, and future, events. We seem here to have a paradox: that the reality of an event, which is not real in itself, arises from the other events which, likewise, in themselves are not real. But this only affirms what we must affirm: that direction is all. And only as we realize this do we live, for our own identity is dependent upon this principal.

by Robert Penn Warren Found in: Paradox Quotes,
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Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are of no account, that you read more

Dictatorship is a constant lecture instructing you that your feelings, your thoughts and desires are of no account, that you are a nobody and must live as you are told by other people who desire and think for you

by Stephen Vizinczey Found in: Dictators Quotes,
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Life is a paradox, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't

Life is a paradox, you're damned if you do and damned if you don't

by Nancy Cartwright Found in: Paradox Quotes,
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Paradox with him was only truth standing on its head to attract attention

Paradox with him was only truth standing on its head to attract attention

by Earl Warren Found in: Paradox Quotes,
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