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Few times in history do totalitarian or authoritarian regimes successfully repress their people for more than two generations, and zero times in history do these regimes last much longer than that, relatively speaking.

~Daniel Lubetzky

Topics: Authoritarian Few Generations History Last Longer More Much People Regimes Relatively Speaking Successfully Than Times Totalitarian Two Zero

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After 'Homeland,' I was offered a lot of very authoritarian, square, angry boss types, but I wanted to do something different. Casting directors are surprised when they look at my CV and see all the work I've done, from Shakespeare to playing Nelson Mandela.

~David Harewood

Topics: After Angry Authoritarian Boss Casting Casting Directors Different Directors Done Homeland Look Lot Mandela Nelson Nelson Mandela Offered Playing See Shakespeare Something Square Surprised Types Very Wanted Work

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The proximate cause of Iraq's unraveling was the increasing authoritarian, sectarian, and corrupt conduct of the Iraqi government and its leader after the departure of the last U.S. combat forces in 2011.

~David Petraeus

Topics: After Authoritarian Cause Combat Conduct Corrupt Departure Forces Government Increasing Iraq Iraqi Last Leader Sectarian

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Many Muslim parents are authoritarian, which leaves young men and women with limited spaces to express themselves. Self-expression and autonomy are regarded as symptoms of 'Westernisation.'

~Deeyah Khan

Topics: Authoritarian Autonomy Express Leaves Limited Many Men Men And Women Muslim Parents Regarded Self-Expression Spaces Symptoms Themselves Which Women Young Young Men

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There's no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very authentically looking for truth.

~Donald Miller

Topics: Authoritarian College Conservative Education Looking Lot Reed Structure Students Truth Very Who You

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Democracy can only spring from practising it early, and democratic action was not to expected from young people brought up under a close authoritarian system.

~Dora Russell

Topics: Action Authoritarian Brought Close Democracy Democratic Early Expected Only People Practising Spring System Up Young Young People

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University of California students can look forward to the same authoritarian management style Secretary Napolitano brought to the Department of Homeland Security, hardly a bastion of free speech and open government.

~Doug Lamalfa

Topics: Authoritarian Brought California Department Forward Free Free Speech Government Hardly Homeland Homeland Security Look Management Open Same Secretary Security Speech Students Style University University Of California

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There is no time and space limitation for public accountability on the Internet. Creative commonality is standard and does not resemble the authoritarian style of the dead communist experience. It seems that it is no longer society's obligation to understand legislation; it is a duty for governments to be understood by their people.

~Eduardo Paes

Topics: Accountability Authoritarian Commonality Communist Creative Dead Does Duty Experience Governments Internet Legislation Limitation Longer No Time Obligation People Public Resemble Seems Society Space Standard Style Time Time And Space Understand Understood

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In Austria, a rather authoritarian Catholic country, the role of the social admonisher traditionally fell to artists because there were no great political thinkers.

~Elfriede Jelinek

Topics: Artists Austria Authoritarian Because Catholic Country Fell Great Political Rather Role Social Thinkers Were

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The struggle of democratic secularism, religious tolerance, individual freedom and feminism against authoritarian patriarchal religion, culture and morality is going on all over the world - including the Islamic world, where dissidents are regularly jailed, killed, exiled or merely intimidated and silenced.

~Ellen Willis

Topics: Against Authoritarian Culture Democratic Feminism Freedom Going Including Individual Individual Freedom Intimidated Islamic Merely Morality Over Patriarchal Regularly Religion Religious Religious Tolerance Secularism Silenced Struggle Tolerance Where World

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