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Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator.

~Bob Kerrey

Topics: Baseball Cuba Dictator Get Needs Rid Wants

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Dictators, unlike Democrats, depend on a small coterie to sustain their power. These backers, generally drawn from the military, the senior civil service, and family or clan members, have a synergistic relationship with their dictator. The dictator delivers opportunities for them to become rich, and they protect him from being overthrown.

~Bruce Bueno De Mesquita

Topics: Become Being Civil Civil Service Clan Democrats Depend Dictator Dictators Drawn Family Generally Him Members Military Opportunities Power Protect Relationship Rich Senior Service Small Sustain Them Unlike

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To understand why dictators fall, it helps to recognise factors that produce a perfect anti-dictatorial storm. Barring missteps such as those that led to Gaddafi's undoing, a dictator's survival can be at risk because of newness in office, poor health, or old age combined with economic trouble.

~Bruce Bueno De Mesquita

Topics: Age Because Combined Dictator Dictators Economic Factors Fall Health Helps Led Newness Office Old Old Age Perfect Poor Produce Recognise Risk Storm Survival Those Trouble Understand Why

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Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.

~C. S. Lewis

Topics: Devils Dictator God Leader Michael Opposite Satan

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Being made to feel like an irrelevant child was probably an asset. Benign negligence is not a bad parental attitude or at least a cross between a benevolent dictator and benign negligence - you should just let kids crack on with it.

~Clare Balding

Topics: Asset Attitude Bad Being Benevolent Benign Between Child Crack Cross Dictator Feel Irrelevant Just Kids Least Like Made Negligence Parental Should You

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We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Dictator Form Gave Got Government Iraqi Iraqi People Life New New Life Opportunity People Representative Rid Terrible

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CBS news anchor Dan Rather has interviewed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. When asked what it was like to talk to a crazy man, Saddam said, 'It's not so bad.'

~Conan O'Brien

Topics: Anchor Asked Bad Crazy Dan Dictator Hussein Iraqi Like Man News Rather Saddam Saddam Hussein Said Talk Cbs

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I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to worry about the safety and security of our countries, cannot take the word of this dictator, who lies, pathologically lies.

~Condoleezza Rice

Topics: About Allies American American President Anybody Cannot Certainly Countries Dictator His Hussein Lies Obligated Our President Regime Saddam Saddam Hussein Safety Security Take Think Who Word Worry

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I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.

~Corazon Aquino

Topics: About Always Any Building Democracy Dictator Forget Formula Happen Just Make People Suggest Things Things Happen Think Who Your Yourself I Can

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Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator.

~Cory Gardner

Topics: Brutal Dictator Hussein Saddam Saddam Hussein

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