Adora Svitak

In many countries, schools are preparing students to participate in a democratic environment; yet schools themselves tend to be extremely autocratic, with all high-level decisions being made by adults.

American Author

Luchino Visconti

The prince in 'The Leopard' was a very complex character - at times autocratic, rude, strong - at times romantic, good, understanding - and sometimes even stupid, and above all, mysterious.

Italian Director

Pat Buchanan

Russia and China, which have embraced autocratic capitalism, have attracted admirers and emulators by the seeming success of their strongman rule.

American Journalist

William Lyon Mackenzie King

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

Canadian Politician

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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

American Businesswoman

Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

No central planning, no autocratic rule and no military regime can produce what free man can do.

Mongolian Politician

Judy Sheindlin

I don't like to rule by committee. I like sort of an autocratic way of dealing with things.

American Lawyer

Alan Parker

I've always been completely autocratic. I've never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.

British Director

Ksenia Sobchak

I don't want to take power. I want to break the wall of this autocratic regime.

Russian Politician

Lalu Prasad Yadav

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

Indian Politician

The term often implies a lack of democracy or fairness in leadership.

Negative Connotation

Used to describe situations where one person holds all the control or influence.

Power Dynamics

Can refer to any domain where one person makes all decisions without consultation, not just in politics.

Not Always Political

 would see and I think it's something that all of us need to really take a step back and examine where we are and really what the future of the country is all that talk about autocratic rule I know but I'm gonna get into too much politics here but all that talk about autocratic rule I think we have to really want ask some deep questions

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 it did not share the same anti-colonial hype that you can find in some other countries in the region. Secondly, and most importantly, Turkey became a democracy earlier than any of the countries we are talking about. In 1950, Turkey had the first free and fair elections, which ended the more autocratic secular regime,

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 share the same anti colonial hype that you can find in some other countries in the region secondly and most importantly Turkey became a democracy earlier than any of the countries we were talking about in 1950 turkey had the first free and fair elections which ended the more autocratic secular regime which was in

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 After four years, what began as an empowering revolution had isolated many influential Burkinabes. But Sankara was not ready to yield his power. He executed increasingly authoritarian actions, including banning trade unions and the free press. Eventually, his autocratic tendencies

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 right egypt tunisia libya between when i was invited here and now we've seen it in ukraine and we're now in a world where it is obvious that there is not an autocratic government in this world that regards the spread of social media in their own country as anything other than

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 These protests led to the overthrow of autocratic regimes and led to the introduction of multiparty elections across the continent. The ongoing third wave is correcting the shortcomings of the earlier two. If the first wave brought liberation but not democracy,

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 while still preserving our open, civil society. We must ban the deployment and development of killer robots. Let's not succumb to the temptation to automate war. Autocratic governments and criminal organizations undoubtedly will, but let's not join them.

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 who used to think that our country has always been an autocratic empire and the ideas of freedom and democracy could never have prevailed, just because democracy was not our destiny. But if we take a broader look, it's not that black and white.

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 which was, in fact, a very dynamic time for conservation. We were piloted, I could say, by a highly autocratic stateswoman, but who also had an incredible passion for environment.

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 In addition, since oil and gas often prop up autocratic and militaristic regimes, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels will be a huge boon to democracy and to peace.