“It is absolutely no accident that this illiberal ideology has no qualms whatever with illiberal methods. The latter springs intrinsically from the former.”— Andrew Sullivan, andrewsullivan.substack.com
“Today, America and the world are once again moving towards authoritarianism — and the same right-wing forces of oligarchy, corporatism, nationalism, racism and xenophobia are on the march, pushing us to make the apocalyptically wrong choice that Europe made in the last century.”— Bernie Sanders, vox.com
“In the year 2019 the United States and the rest of the world face two very different political paths. On one hand, there is a growing movement towards oligarchy and authoritarianism in which a small number of incredibly wealthy and powerful billionaires own and control a significant part of the econ…”— Bernie Sanders, vox.com
“When we talk about oligarchy, let us be clear about what we mean. Right now, in the United States of America, three families control more wealth than the bottom half of our country, some 160 million Americans. The top 1% own more wealth than the bottom 92% and 49% of all new income generated today g…”— Bernie Sanders, vox.com
“If there was ever a moment when we needed to stand up and fight against the forces of oligarchy and authoritarianism, this is that time.”— Bernie Sanders, vox.com
“Beware leaders who would teach you to fear. They would also teach you not to love, seek truth, or hope. They would rather weaken than strengthen, destroy than build, and divide than unite. They serve their own greed and ambition at the expense of our nation.”— Evan McMullin, twitter.com
“If the president can, with impunity, remove the deputy attorney general, the very notion that law enforcement has a higher function than serving power becomes a lie.”— Benjamin Wittes, theatlantic.com
“Weak logic, inconsistencies and alienation from the people are common features of authoritarianism. The relentless attempts of totalitarian regimes to prevent free thought and new ideas and the persistent assertion of their own rightness bring on them an intellectual stasis which they project on to…”— Aung San Suu Kyi, amazon.com
“A religion that tells you who you can and can't like is stupid, and I know that you like me, Hawk.”— Julia Brownwell, Sarah Lane, Michelle Monaghan, imdb.com
“The form of the state itself always means dictatorship; it's just a question of how democratically its legitimation is organized.”— P.M., amazon.com
“During the Second World War, psychologist Erich Fromm asked in Escape From Freedom why, despite an overarching trend toward greater personal freedom, large chunks of the western world had embraced authoritarianism. It was tempting, he argued, to consider this an aberration, the fault of a few madmen…”— Jason Tanz, Erich Fromm, wired.com