despotisms

Thrice happy would it be for all lands, whether they are termed despotisms or democracies, could they thoroughly feel the justice of this definition, and carry out its intention in practice.

The Crater James Fenimore Cooper 1820

He wants us to understand that it these "despotisms" that explain Muslim terrorism - and not, not, not what Islam inculcates.

Jihad Monitor 2010

Implementation of the recommendations in the Report would undermine and tarnish Israel's reputation for religious tolerance, the foundation of its democracy, which, as Prime Minister Netanyahu stated before the US Congress, has allowed it to "shine like a bright star of freedom amid the despotisms of the East."

Joseph K. Grieboski: Israeli Ministry Targeting So-Called 'Sects' and 'Cults' Joseph K. Grieboski 2011

Implementation of the recommendations in the Report would undermine and tarnish Israel's reputation for religious tolerance, the foundation of its democracy, which, as Prime Minister Netanyahu stated before the US Congress, has allowed it to "shine like a bright star of freedom amid the despotisms of the East."

Joseph K. Grieboski: Israeli Ministry Targeting So-Called 'Sects' and 'Cults' Joseph K. Grieboski 2011

Al Qaeda has never lacked for excuses, or recruits, to mount terrorist attacks, whether against despotisms or democracies.

Libya Isn't 'About Regime Change' Bret Stephens 2011

This is a far cry from the ways of the Arab autocracies and despotisms in Iraq's neighborhood.

Pax Americana and the New Iraq Fouad Ajami 2010

The cost of corporate borrowing was clearly headed upward as the U.S. for the first time imitated those Third World despotisms where economic rules can be changed without warning at the ruler's whim and convenience.

Hoosiers vs. Crony Capitalism 2010

By his own lights a patriot devoted to his country, he left it prey to the doubts and dark thoughts that cripple the life of "Oriental despotisms."

The Cop on the Banks of the Nile 2010

The further problem is that North Korea provides perverse inspiration for other despotisms.

Kim Jong Il's 'Cashbox' 2010

In a brilliant passage he compared the Brussels Eurocracy with the "enlightened despotisms" of the 18th century under Frederick II of Prussia and Joseph II of Austria, with their "ideal of efficient, universal administration, shorn of particularisms and driven by rational calculation and the rule of law".

Tony Judt obituary 2010