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Timothy Snyder, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Quotes: Most the power of authoritarianism is freely given.
         

Most the power of authoritarianism is freely given.


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Most the power of authoritarianism is freely given.
         



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Like Hitler, the President used the word lies to mean statements of fact not to his liking and presented journalism as a campaign against himself.



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The whole notion of disruption is adolescent: It assumes that after the teenagers make a mess, the adults will come and clean it up. But there are no adults. We own this mess.



Other forces were at work besides conformism. But without the conformists, the great atrocities would have been impossible.

Other forces were at work besides conformism. But without the conformists, the great atrocities would have been impossible.



History permits us to be responsible: not for everything, but for something... History gives us the company of those who have done and suffered more than we have.

History permits us to be responsible: not for everything, but for something... History gives us the company of those who have done and suffered more than we have.





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