“If a dictator takes up my ideas, the resulting town will survive the political system that commissioned it and stand as a social good. Besides, modernism rather than classicism has dominated the architecture of totalitarian regimes of both the left and right.” IfsIdeasPoliticalLeftSocialTownsArchitectureRegimesDictatorModernismPolitical SystemsLeft And RightSocial GoodTotalitarian RegimesClassicism Author:Leon Krier
“By contrast, China is a repressive regime that denies its citizens the essential freedoms of religion, political dissent and representative self-government.” SelfGovernmentPoliticalCitizensEssentialsChinaDenyRegimesContrastRepresentativesDissentFreedom Of ReligionSelf-government Author:Todd Akin
“Christ was crucified because he threatened the tonal of the time. He was killed because he threatened the established order of the political regime.” PoliticalOrderChristChristianityRegimesThreatened Author:Frederick Lenz
“Considering mankind's indifference to freedom, their easy gullibility and their facile response to conditioning, one might very plausibly argue that collectivism is the political mode best suited to their disposition and their capacities. Under its regime, the citizen, like the soldier, is relieved of the burden of initiative and is divested of all responsibility, save for doing as he is told.” MightPoliticalEasyResponsibilityMankindCitizensCapacityResponseSoldierBurdenArguingIndifferenceRegimesInitiativeConsideringDispositionConditioningCollectivismRelievedGullibility Author:Albert J. Nock
“Critics of the war plans (including myself) have pointed to the disastrous political results that must be expected: Iraq would break into three parts (Kurds in the north, Sunnis in the center, Shi'ites in the south), the Middle East would be exposed to the onslaught of Iranian fanaticism, pro-Western Arab regimes would collapse. Israel would be surrounded by aggressive Islamic fundamentalism, like the Crusader kingdom with the advent of Saladin.” WarWould BePoliticalThreeResultsBreakPlansMiddleSouthCriticsWesternIncludingIraqIsraelEastExpectedKingdomsIslamicAggressiveExposedRegimesMiddle EastCollapseFundamentalismFanaticismIranianAdventKurdsIslamic FundamentalismWar PlansSaladin Author:Uri Avnery
“The leaders of the Pahlavi regime, in an attempt to forestall the rising tide of the Islamic revolutionary movement, were hard at work to cast doubt on the question of the Imam Khomeini's position as a Marja'a (a top religious authority) and in this way, undermine public faith in his academic, political and religious competence.” WayHardPoliticalReligiousLeaderDoubtMovementPositionAuthorityCastsRevolutionaryRisingIslamicRegimesAcademicTidesCompetenceKhomeini Author:Yousef Saanei
“In a regime of Free Trade and free economic intercourse it would be of little consequence that iron lay on one side of a political frontier, and labour, coal, and blast furnaces on the other. But as it is, men have devised ways to impoverish themselves and one another; and prefer collective animosities to individual happiness.” MenWayLittlesWould BePoliticalIndividualSidesEconomicConsequenceLaborTradeLaysCollectivesIronRegimesCoalEconomistFrontiersIntercourseBlastFree TradeAnimosityFurnacesIndividual Happiness Book:The collected writings of John Maynard Keynes Source: The collected writings of John Maynard Keynes
“The difference between political terror and ordinary crime becomes clear during the change of regimes, in which former terrorists become well-regarded representatives of their country.” WellsCountryPoliticalDifferencesClearCrimeOrdinaryTerrorTerroristFormerRegimesRepresentatives Author:Jurgen Habermas
“The appalling crackdown that we witnessed in Hama and other Syrian cities on 30 and 31 July only erode the regime's legitimacy and increase resentment. In the absence of an end to the senseless violence and a genuine process of political reform, we will continue to pursue further EU sanctions.” EndsPoliticalProcessCitiesViolenceIncreaseAbsenceGenuinePursueReformRegimesResentmentJulySanctionsLegitimacyHamasErodePolitical ReformSenseless Violence Author:William Hague
“One should not ascribe the evil deeds of individual leaders or political regimes to an innate fault of the Russian people and their country.” PeopleShouldCountryPoliticalEvilIndividualLeaderFaultsDeedsRegimesInnate Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn