quotations about totalitarianism
The essential principle of totalitarianism is to make laws that are impossible to obey.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS
God is Not Great
The sides are being divided now. It's very obvious. So if you're on the other side of the fence, you're suddenly anti-American. Its breeding fear of being on the wrong side. Democracy's a very fragile thing. You have to take care of democracy. As soon as you stop being responsible to it and allow it to turn into scare tactics, it's no longer democracy, is it? It's something else. It may be an inch away from totalitarianism.
SAM SHEPARD
The Village Voice, November 12, 2004
The road to totalitarianism begins with a love of humanity and a contempt for humans.
NICK CATER
"Denial of speech is one step towards totalitarianism", The Australian, July 26, 2016