Quotes about Totalitarianism

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Everything not forbidden is compulsory — T.H. White, The Once and Future King
Let's say that the consensus is that our species, being the higher primates, Homo Sapiens, has been on the planet for at — Christopher Hitchens
Ultimately, totalitarianism is the only sort of politics that can truly serve the sky-god's purpose. Any movement of a l — Gore Vidal
History has seen many who claim to be deliverer and saviour of the people. They might come with force and violence and p — John Myer, John Myer: A Collection of his Sermons and Writing, #1
I saw exactly one picture of Marx and one of Lenin in my whole stay, but it's been a long time since ideology had anythi — Christopher Hitchens, Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays
I agree with Abhijit Naskar that the path of tolerance is the only way—but it must be accompanied by continued pressure — Daniel C. Dennett
A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state. — Isabel Paterson, God of the Machine
Most schooling is training for stupidity and conformity, and that's institutional, but occasionally you get a spark, som — Noam Chomsky
Politicians in our times feed their clichés to television, where even those who wish to disagree repeat them. Television — Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
At a time I used to think that in a world without guards people would walk differently from the way we do in our country — Herta Müller, The Land of Green Plums
A Stalin functionary admitted, "Innocent people were arrested: naturally - otherwise no one would be frightened. If peop — Paul Johnson, Modern Times
Stalin’s Russia was a trap, in which even those running the system were caught. The leaders were trapped by fear of Stal — Jonathan Glover
Law without reason is criminal. — Criss Jami, Healology
Our forefathers were heroes. But why were they heroes? Because they fought for democracy. They fought for the life and l — Yanan Melo, Naaalala Niyo Ba Ang Noli Me Tangere?
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the — Mahatma Gandhi
It was sometimes feebly argued, as the political and military war against this enemy ran into difficulties, that it was — Christopher Hitchens, The Enemy
The entire stock of relationships which suited in war—militiae—was regarded as inadmissible and improper in peace—domi. — Bertrand De Jouvenel, Sovereignty
The war is not meant to be won. It is meant to be continuous. The essential act of modern warfare is the destruction of — George Orwell, 1984
I love my country, not my government. — Jesse Ventura
The amount of violations of human rights in a country is always an inverse function of the amount of complaints about hu — Daniel Patrick Moynihan