“You don't need brains to carry a handbarrow. That's why the foreman had put these ex-bosses on the job.”— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, davar.net
“Attempting to define reality is a core feature of authoritarianism. This is what the Soviets did when they erased political dissidents from historical photos. This is what happens in George Orwell's classic novel 'Nineteen Eighty-Four', when a torturer holds up four fingers and delivers electric sho…”— Hillary Rodham Clinton, amazon.com
“Danger signs in any presidency: lots of generals in civilian posts, authoritarian rhetoric, disdain for judges. Bigger risk in time of war.”— Richard W. Painter, twitter.com