Top 17 Authoritarianism Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Authoritarianism Quotes from famous people such as Milo Yiannopoulos, Vladimir Putin, Rebecca MacKinnon, Salman Rushdie, Chrystia Freeland, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

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The alt-right for me is primarily a cultural reaction to the nannying and language policing and authoritarianism of the progressive left – the stranglehold that it has on culture.
Milo Yiannopoulos
The strengthening of our statehood is, at times, deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism.
Vladimir Putin
Authoritarian systems evolve. Authoritarianism in the Internet Age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism.
Rebecca MacKinnon
In any authoritarian society, the possessor of power dictates, and if you try and step outside, he will come after you. This is equally true of Sovietism, of China and of Iran, and in our time it has happened a lot in Islam. The point is that it’s worse when the authoritarianism is supported by something supernatural.
Salman Rushdie
Western investment is usually assumed to walk hand-in-hand with the democratic values of its home countries, and indeed, opening an economy to outside money is one of the textbook steps in a shift from authoritarianism to an open society.
Chrystia Freeland
Authoritarianism, religious fundamentalism and militarism are inherently patriarchal and hierarchical.
Mona Eltahawy
While the United States is closing doors, Canada is opening them. While U.S. President Donald Trump is slouching toward authoritarianism, Canada is safeguarding democracy.
Denise Dresser
As dutiful bishops soon discover, authoritarianism, or control from the top down, characterizes the hierarchical tradition.
Eugene Kennedy
We begin the path toward defeating Mexico’s real adversary, who represents authoritarianism and the worst antidemocratic practice, who represents a return to corruption as a system and impunity as conviction. That adversary is Pena Nieto and his party.
Josefina Vazquez Mota
Getting out to protest, this is something real and, I would say, something patriotic. Part of the new authoritarianism is to get people to prefer fiction and inaction to reality and action.
Timothy D. Snyder
Disclosure and transparency are the currency of the Internet, and they are at odds with authoritarianism.
Evan Osnos
It has been well over half a century and I’m glad to say we have taken the right path from authoritarianism to democracy and this is a road of no return.
Chen Shui-bian
Strong efforts have been made in Ohio to curb the authoritarianism of our Secretary of State, Kenneth Blackwell, as he has purged people from lists in our State in particular precincts where voters are heavily minority.
Marcy Kaptur
Authoritarianism doesn’t fall on a nation like a book falling from a shelf and striking you in the head. It rolls in like a slow tide.
Joy Reid
When societies go backwards and slide into authoritarianism, nationalism, and tribalism, machismo and sexism are also emboldened.
Elif Safak
Authoritarianism is not pretending anymore to be a real alternative to democracy, but we can see many more authoritarian practices and styles basically being smuggled into democratic governments.
Ivan Krastev
I’ve studied authoritarianism for a very long time – for 40 years – and they’re started by people’s attempts to control the ideological and linguistic territory.
Jordan Peterson