Pronunciation of the English word dictatorship.
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1. | Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship. [...] Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country. | |
2. | Dictatorship breeds dictatorship. | |
3. | The dictatorship came under fire for its human rights record. | |
4. | Dictatorship can be summed up by "shut up!", democracy by "keep talking". | |
5. | Democracy is the dictatorship of the majority. | |
6. | Myanmar is ruled by a military dictatorship. | |
7. | A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship, then a monarchy. | |
8. | We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as definitive and has as its highest value one's own ego and one's own desires. | |
9. | A dictatorship means, by definition, one centre of power. | |
10. | A dictatorship means, by definition, one center of power. |