#autocrat

No one can go on being a rebel too long without turning into an autocrat. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#being #go #into #long #rebel

In Europe, it appears that in the name of democracy, elites are pursuing an autocratic, centralized power, seeking economic control and social regimentation. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#autocratic #centralized #control #democracy #economic

I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent. ↗

— Leslie Nielsen

#autocratic #canadian #i #leaders #lot

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government. ↗

— William Lyon Mackenzie King

#bad #bad government #becomes #government #later

I shall be an autocrat, that's my trade; and the good Lord will forgive me, that's his. ↗

— Catherine the Great

#autocrat #forgive #forgive me #give me #good

Companies used to be able to function with autocratic bosses. We don't live in that world anymore. ↗

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

#anymore #autocratic #bosses #companies #function

I loved Jack Ford. I got him in his later days, and he was a total tyrant and a total autocrat and an Irish drunk. But I had a great time. ↗

— Richard Widmark

#days #drunk #ford #got #great

Our mass movement will shatter this communal, fascist and autocratic center. ↗

— Lalu Prasad Yadav

#center #communal #fascist #mass #movement

The surpluses will have to be expended somehow, and trust the oligarchs to find a way. Magnificent roads will be built. There will be great achievements in science, and especially in art. When the oligarchs have completely mastered the people, they will have time to spare for other things. They will become worshippers of beauty. They will become art-lovers. And under their direction and generously rewarded, will toil the artists. The result will be great art; for no longer, as up to yesterday, will the artists pander to the bourgeois taste of the middle class. It will be great art, I tell you, and wonder cities will arise that will make tawdry and cheap the cities of old time. And in these cities will the oligarchs dwell and worship beauty ↗

— Jack London

#autocratia #beauty #iron-heel #jack-london #oligarch

I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his. ↗

— Catherine II

#forgive #forgive me #give me #good #good lord