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Attempting to erase the line between fact and fiction, truth and reality is a core feature of authoritarianism. – Hillary Clinton	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
It will be the work of your generation to make sure that this degradation of democracy does not continue -- to see to it that our current flirtation with lawlessness and authoritarianism does not become a heritable trait to be passed down from this presidency. – Wolf Blitzer	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Turkey has been backsliding into a dangerous blend of authoritarianism and Islamism. – Jonathan Schanzer	Found on CNN 7 years ago
The West, with its entire focus on the refugee crisis, has paved the way for Erdogan's authoritarianism. – Garo Paylan	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Today is the day of indignation. It's the day of a lack of democratic respect, the day of authoritarianism, i felt like a political prisoner this morning. – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Uganda has seen increased levels of authoritarianism in the last decade, this has come in waves, most evident during election period when a generally strident opposition has clashed against the President's anti-democratic tendencies. – Magnus Taylor	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Democratization is the trickier part because Lee Kuan Yew's legacy is also benevolent authoritarianism, they are standing against the tide in the long run, 10 to 20 years. They really need to lead that rather than get dragged along by it. I'm not sure if they have the inclination to do that. – Yeoh Lam Keong	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
I think that my country doesn't deserve a new era of authoritarianism, but at the same time, I don't want a revolution. – Mikhail Khodorkovsky	Found on CNN 9 years ago
We see pluralism: We can see that there are different ideological and political positions in Russia. If the authoritarianism finally ends, we will have real competition. – Nadezhda Tolokonnikova	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

Attempting to erase the line between fact and fiction, truth and reality is a core feature of authoritarianism.

– Hillary Clinton

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

It will be the work of your generation to make sure that this degradation of democracy does not continue -- to see to it that our current flirtation with lawlessness and authoritarianism does not become a heritable trait to be passed down from this presidency.

– Wolf Blitzer

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Turkey has been backsliding into a dangerous blend of authoritarianism and Islamism.

– Jonathan Schanzer

Found on CNN
7 years ago

The West, with its entire focus on the refugee crisis, has paved the way for Erdogan's authoritarianism.

– Garo Paylan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Today is the day of indignation. It's the day of a lack of democratic respect, the day of authoritarianism, i felt like a political prisoner this morning.

– Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Uganda has seen increased levels of authoritarianism in the last decade, this has come in waves, most evident during election period when a generally strident opposition has clashed against the President's anti-democratic tendencies.

– Magnus Taylor

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Democratization is the trickier part because Lee Kuan Yew's legacy is also benevolent authoritarianism, they are standing against the tide in the long run, 10 to 20 years. They really need to lead that rather than get dragged along by it. I'm not sure if they have the inclination to do that.

– Yeoh Lam Keong

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

I think that my country doesn't deserve a new era of authoritarianism, but at the same time, I don't want a revolution.

– Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Found on CNN
9 years ago

We see pluralism: We can see that there are different ideological and political positions in Russia. If the authoritarianism finally ends, we will have real competition.

– Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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