Between capitalist and communist society there lies the period of the revolutionary transformation of the one into the other. Corresponding to this is also a political transition period in which the state can be nothing but the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat.
Karl Marx
Successful enterprises are usually led by a proven chief executive who is a competent benevolent dictator.
Richard Pratt
Better the rule of One, whom all obey, than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy.
Oscar Wilde
Dictators ride to and fro upon tigers which they dare not dismount.
Winston Churchill
Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.
Edward L. Bernays
It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.
Dr. William Ralph Inge
Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.
Alan Coren
There are, of course, all sorts of other unpleasant regimes outside the walls as well - the military dictators of Latin America and the apartheid regime of South Africa.
Barbara Amiel
Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!
J. K. ROWLING
Every one of the world's dictatorships can and does claim to be acting in the name of the people.
Harold H. Greene
Rather than a democracy, we increasingly have an elective dictatorship. People are merely permitted to choose who will violate the laws and the Constitution.
James Bovard