autocracies

But that older history, the resigned acceptance of autocracies, is the order of the day in Washington again.

Pax Americana and the New Iraq Fouad Ajami 2010

Government by Commission has been an autocracy, albeit a particularly benevolent one, and the natural tendency of all autocracies is to regard anything but work as rather a waste of time, with which of course no good parliamentarian would ever agree.

Newfoundland 1945

But perhaps the worst of all elements in certain of these autocracies is the fact that there is an exploitation such as has never been known in modern times of hate and cruelty.

Is Democracy Outworn 1937

There are, however, systemic differences between traditional and revolutionary autocracies that have a predictable effect on their degree of repressiveness.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010

The foreign policy of the Carter administration fails not for lack of good intentions but for lack of realism about the nature of traditional versus revolutionary autocracies and the relation of each to the American national interest.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010

Only intellectual fashion and the tyranny of Right/Left thinking prevent intelligent men of good will from perceiving the facts that traditional authoritarian governments are less repressive than revolutionary autocracies, that they are more susceptible of liberalization, and that they are more compatible with U.S. interests.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010

Generally speaking, traditional autocrats tolerate social inequities, brutality, and poverty while revolutionary autocracies create them.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010

Monarchies and autocracies throughout history have had mechanisms for wise rulers to take the temperature of their subjects and their various interest groups when forming policy.

Maybe He Should Start With Freedom Here At Home « View From a Height 2009

Menshevik [quoting Jeane Kirkpatrick]: Generally speaking, traditional autocrats tolerate social inequities, brutality, and poverty while revolutionary autocracies create them.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010

[Menshevik, quoting Jeane Kirkpatrick]: Generally speaking, traditional autocrats tolerate social inequities, brutality, and poverty while revolutionary autocracies create them.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Competing Explanations for the Oppressive Nature of Socialism 2010