Autocracy

It might be called "autocracy" in the world of nation-building, and in business it might be called "large market share," but however it's defined, organizations in The Big Rut typically have supra-normal control of their competitive environment. ❋ Les McKeown (2011)

The system of one-party autocracy is so entrenched that the officials can be as corrupt as they want and in turn it creates a top down pyramid of corruption in China. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Lets not go totalitarian, but a moderate autocracy is ok, so that people have some skin in the game. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Hence Russian autocracy is forced into repeated wars for the possession of Constantinople which, in the present condition of the ❋ Unknown (2006)

What democracy shall mean to our sons and daughters and to their successors will be determined first in the great battle now raging, in which Prussian autocracy is to be defeated and finally driven from power, and second in the success or failure of a federation of the democracies of the world following that battle. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The war also brings to us this disclosure, that the German autocracy is incapable of interpreting the British genius and understanding the true spirit of democracy. ❋ Unknown (1915)

He recognised in German autocracy and in German militarism and in German ambition a menace to the liberties of Europe. ❋ Ralph Connor (1898)

The theory of autocracy is that power originated at the top; a mythical being known as "Gott" delegated to some favorite, who may be a wise man or a fool-it is about fifty-fifty in history-delegated to this favorite autocratic power, and this gentlemen spreads his power out upon a chosen few, and he and his associates rest squarely upon the masses of men, exploiting the mass of men for and in the interest of the few. ❋ Unknown (1919)

That an organ of NEOconservative opinion would tout Bush’s moves toward torture and autocracy is just a dog-bites-man story. xmzwvcripq Says: ❋ Unknown (2009)

In fact, the high salaries were partially intended to secure the producers 'autocracy, that is, to sooth the itch for artistic autonomy with the balm of wealth. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Thus, the international support the Nepalis got for their democratic movement was a serious blow to the partyless Panchayat regime guided by the feudal monarchy (also known as autocracy). ❋ Unknown (2008)

The other nice thing about ‘representative’ government is that it removes a key irritant- autocracy, that is- that helps drive the popularity of extremists. ❋ Unknown (2008)

During these last three hundred years, while the English people were steadily fighting for and winning their rights to freedom and self-government from tyrant kings, in Prussia two powers were being steadily built up, namely autocracy and militarism, till under Bismarck and after the War of 1870 these two powers were firmly established in the very fibre of the new modern German Empire. ❋ Ralph Connor (1898)

The autocracy is the apex of a military system, by which a great territory has been gathered under one control. ❋ William Graham Sumner (1875)

London: Nearly two decades after the collapse of the Soviet-brand of communism in Chinese autocracy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ostensibly the book is about the pre-communist era, specifically, about why the idea of autocracy dominated Russian political thought. ❋ Unknown (2009)

B. RICHARD B. WOODWARD Herta Müller, winner of this year's Nobel Prize in Chinese autocracy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Going against wise intelligence, the president has himself led the country into war, placing our country into a TEMPORARY state of [autocracy], him being the [autocrat]. This decision will cost American tax payers hundreds of [billions] of dollars. ❋ Dlerell (2008)

In some islands [hereditary] [autocracy] prevailed; in others the government was elective. He conceived the idea of limiting the autocracy by subordinating it to the authority of the supreme [privy] council, of which he was president. ❋ XxSeatedRanger5xX (2018)

[Carrie Lam]: hey Xi, wanna hear a joke? Xi: yeah Carrie Lam: wanna have some [hong kong autocracy] for lunch ? hong kong is [a free country] ;) ❋ Gfhgsdgm (2020)