Bari Weiss

The leaders of the Women's March, arguably the most prominent feminists in the country, have some chilling ideas and associations. Far from erecting the big tent so many had hoped for, the movement they lead has embraced decidedly illiberal causes and cultivated a radical tenor that seems determined to alienate all but the most woke.

American Editor

Nick Clegg

We have got to make sure there is proper independent scrutiny and accountability for people in the press, just as there should be in any other industry where things go wrong. But let's not try and think it is for politicians or governments to tell people what they stick in newspapers. That is deeply illiberal.

British Politician

P. Chidambaram

I firmly believe that the Constitution is the most powerful challenge to illiberal tendencies. If the Constitution is followed in letter and spirit and if the laws are made in the spirit in which Constitution was made, liberties can indeed be protected.

Indian Politician

Carl Clinton Van Doren

The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except in illiberal sects, that the novel is fitted both for honest use and for pleasure.

American Critic

Terry Eagleton

One side-effect of the so-called war on terror has been a crisis of liberalism. This is not only a question of alarmingly illiberal legislation, but a more general problem of how the liberal state deals with its anti-liberal enemies.

English Critic

Kirsten Powers

When illiberal feminists aren't delegitimizing female dissenters from their worldview as fake women, they are portraying them in such a hyper-sexualized way that they are reduced to nonhuman objects.

American Author

Joe Sestak

I want to restore U.S. leadership within a rules-based liberal world order that collectively holds nations accountable for their illiberal behavior, whether in foreign or domestic spheres.

American Politician

Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.

British Statesman

Munira Mirza

The politically correct illiberal left far too often side with the extremists.

British Public Servant

Richard Dawkins

What is illiberal is not persuasion but imposition of one's views.

English Scientist

Used to describe someone or something that does not adapt or is not modern.

Resistant to Change

Reflects a negative attitude towards new ideas or creative thinking.

Opposing Novelty

Describes actions or laws that challenge personal freedoms or rights.

Liberty-challenging

Can imply a regime or system with authoritarian characteristics.

Dictatorial Implications

Raises red flags about potential violations of democratic principles.

Civil Liberties Concern

Highlights reluctance or failure to provide adequate help or resources.

Scanty Generosity

Indicates a limited provision of support or assistance.

Minimal Support

 is that we need to first establish a middle class that is able to hold the government accountable. But perhaps it's also telling us that we should be worried about going around the world and shoehorning democracy, because ultimately we run the risk of ending up with illiberal democracies, democracies that in some sense

Illiberal