Chiwetel Ejiofor

The truth is, it's a totalitarian dictatorship when you're making films. You are the boss. You can listen to other people, and it can be a benevolent dictatorship, but it's a dictatorship nonetheless. A lot of directors go past their first experience, that's what they've come away with.

British Actor

Mark Skousen

Taxation is the price we pay for failing to build a civilized society. The higher the tax level, the greater the failure. A centrally planned totalitarian state represents a complete defeat for the civilized world, while a totally voluntary society represents its ultimate success.

American Economist

George H. W. Bush

A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the dictator is over. The totalitarian era is passing, its old ideas blown away like leaves from an ancient, lifeless tree.

American President

Maajid Nawaz

The only certainty we have is that those who are certain of a way to arrive at worldly salvation, are committed enough to organize around this, and seek power to enforce it, will invariably descend into a bloody totalitarian fascism.

British Activist

Christopher Alexander

But in practice master plans fail - because they create totalitarian order, not organic order. They are too rigid; they cannot easily adapt to the natural and unpredictable changes that inevitably arise in the life of a community.

American Architect

Hans Frank

In the main the Academy helped to frame only laws of an economic or social nature, since owing to the development of the totalitarian regime it became more and more impossible to cooperate in other spheres.

German Public Servant

Andrew Vachss

Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.

American Author

Isabel Paterson

A tax-supported, compulsory educational system is the complete model of the totalitarian state.

Canadian Journalist

G. Edward Griffin

The Fed has become an accomplice in the support of totalitarian regimes throughout the world.

Sue Townsend

I've always been fascinated by totalitarian regimes. I'm not an admirer of them.

English Novelist

Used to describe negative or oppressive political systems; think of suppression of freedom.

Negative Connotation

Associated with the lack of political debate or opposition -- everyone must agree.

Absence of Debate

Often linked with historical dictatorships; helps to understand past and present regimes.

Historical Context

Calling someone a 'totalitarian' is a strong criticism, implying abuse of power.

Not a Compliment

Entails that there's usually some form of resistance or rebellion against such individuals.

Resistance Themes

Implies extreme control over all aspects of life, including the personal and private.

Extreme Control

 Because what they're doing is they're saying, your coat's not so glamorous, what's been edited out is something important. But actually, what's even more important than remembering what's been edited out is thinking, are the ideals good? Because glamour can be very totalitarian and deceptive.

Virginia Postrel: The...

 many countries wanted to move away from totalitarian ideologies. They sought a new political system that prioritized individual and social rights, aimed at political consensus, and respected the rule of law. As a result, most Western nations adopted a longstanding form of government

The rise of modern...

 And I think that is really the nature of architecture. Now I am a believer in democracy. I don't like beautiful buildings built for totalitarian regimes. Where people cannot speak, cannot vote, cannot do anything. We too often admire those buildings. We think they are beautiful.

Daniel Libeskind's 17...

 of "economic colonization, humiliation, and exploitation in the world." Whatever Batista's faults, it can't compare to the totalitarian nightmare Castro would create. Forced labor camps, torture of prisoners, no freedom to speak or to leave.

History vs. Che Guevara...

 has the potential of making it even a more totalitarian society. If people place their trust, however, on the social sector, on the ingenuity of social innovators, then the pandemic, as in Taiwan, actually strengthens our democracy,

How digital innovation...

 where one may be found guilty of thoughtcrime by talking in their sleep, and keeping a diary or having a love affair equals a subversive act of rebellion. This might sound like something that can only happen in totalitarian regimes,

What "Orwellian" really...

 love for history and geography if I could lead the world for a day I would try to end the human rights violations the ethnic discriminations and the totalitarian regimes worldwide I believe that everyone should have an

AZ Finalist PIPE National...

 Now, when we are anxious over choices, sometimes we easily give our power of choice away. We identify with the guru who tells us what to do, self-help therapist, or we embrace a totalitarian leader

Renata Salecl: Our...

 Orwell's vision of a totalitarian future, or Huxley's vision of a trivial one, or some horrible cocktail of both. What we have to do is treat critical thinking with respect

Susan Etlinger: What do...

 It strikes me as practically libertarian. Is it totalitarian to require reading, writing and arithmetic? I don't think so. All I'm saying is --

Totalitarian