despots

• “For most of the past millennium, most nations on Earth were governed by rulers who could be described as despots.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Catherine the Great's Lessons for Despots

• “Our staff includes individuals from across the political and ideological spectrum; our board is made up men and women who have suffered at the hands of despots from the far right to the far left.”

  The Huffington Post: Thor Halvorssen: Renovating the Rules of UN Backroom Diplomacy

• “Something of the mystery and romance that shroud the evil-doings of certain Italian despots of the age of the Renaissance envelops him.”

  Jefferson and His Colleagues; a chronicle of the Virginia dynasty

• “French peace in order to make a junction with the Jacobins to oppose the powers, whom, in their language, they call despots, and their leagues, a combination of despots.”

  The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12)

• “As long as Latin American despots do Washington’s bidding, they have had a free pass to make damn sure no dark-skinned people have rights.”

  Think Progress » As Dow Nears All-Time High From 2000, Fox News Declares Bush Tax Cuts A Success

• “Hence we do not call despots prodigal; for it is thought not easy for them to give and spend beyond the amount of their possessions.”

  The Nicomachean Ethics

• “The stranger no longer oppresses us, our despots are the progeny of our own bodies.”

  The Renascence of Hebrew Literature (1743-1885)

• “Look at how the young people in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries have managed to call their despots' bluffs.”

  NYT > Home Page

• “The Asiatics are not qualified to be republicans, but they have the liberty of demolishing despots, which is the next thing to it.”

  Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals

• “Leftist menace," CNN has blared, while Fox News consistently warns of "Rising dictators" when one of these so-called despots wins a democratic election.”

  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed

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