Overthrown Dictators Quotes & Sayings

We are all deceivers to some degree. The difference between safe and unsafe "liars" is that safe people own their lies and see them as a problem to change as they become aware of their deception. — Henry Cloud

This storm is dangerous — George W. Bush

I am here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you. — Nicholas Sparks

Every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. — John Piper

I'm naive enough to think that love is always good no matter how long ago, no matter the circumstances. — Anne Michaels

Why had he wanted to be rich, or to feel rich? Was he an unhappy mouse before? Didn't he see the King himself often looking sad? Was anyone completely happy? — William Steig

The older dictators fell because they could never supply their subjects with enough bread, enough circuses, enough miracles, and mysteries. Under a scientific dictatorship, education will really work' with the result that most men and women will grow up to love their servitude and will never dream of revolution. There seems to be no good reason why a thoroughly scientific dictatorship should ever be overthrown. — Aldous Huxley

My mother is a Muslim - she walks five steps behind my father. She doesn't have to. He just looks better from behind. — Shazia Mirza

If a man with a dog sits quietly enjoying music and smiling, his dog might sit down beside him and smile, too. But who knows whether the dog is having a comparable experience or whether the dog is simply happy that his master is happy. — Oliver Sacks

Incredible that the best route to winning friends
is not necessarily kindness or flattery,
but letting them know you won't
tolerate their bullshit. — Sarah Miller

The fact that, for so many generations, ordinary, everyday Americans came out of the closet and told their family and friends about who they are has laid the foundation for public sentiment to change. They got comfortable in their own skins to be able to share themselves with family and friends. This is where social change took place. — Mark Takano

I know I should look away, I should walk out and quietly close the door behind me, but I can't. Has there ever been a more magnificent sight than a man pleasuring himself? — Carmen Jenner

Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimum strategies and repeating them until they become habits. — Charles J. Givens

Dictators, unlike Democrats, depend on a small coterie to sustain their power. These backers, generally drawn from the military, the senior civil service, and family or clan members, have a synergistic relationship with their dictator. The dictator delivers opportunities for them to become rich, and they protect him from being overthrown. — Bruce Bueno De Mesquita

A nation without a religion - that is like a man without breath. — Joseph Goebbels