英语词汇“despotic”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

Compared to the despotic societies that were the norm in Europe and Asia, Haudenosaunee was a libertarian dream. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The guns seemed to address this country, which invented the streets that secured them with despotic police, in its primary language—violence. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“At this rate," he concluded, “you'll not only be the most despotic and bloody dictator in our history, but you'll shoot my dear friend Úrsula in an attempt to pacify your conscience." One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

In its more extreme forms it relegates personal rights and liberties to the higher authority of the state, which is “us” and not “them,” and it therefore has both communal and despotic implications. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The well-known face was there: stern, relentless as ever—there was that peculiar eye which nothing could melt, and the somewhat raised, imperious, despotic eyebrow. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The chairs, the carpet, the tables—all had rotted away; they sagged in mutual ruin, victims of the despotic force of time. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now I never had, as the reader knows, either given any formal promise or entered into any engagement; and this language was all much too hard and much too despotic for the occasion. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

His chest heaved once, as if his large heart, weary of despotic constriction, had expanded, despite the will, and made a vigorous bound for the attainment of liberty. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But significant mission drift followed the resolution of season one’s conflict between our heroes and the despotic post-apocalyptic Monroe Republic. The show mustn't go on: the TV dramas that didn't know when to quit 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

Built from 1689 by William and Mary, after they deposed the despotic and Catholic James II, this is a palace for a pair of constitutional monarchs. My best bit of historic Britain: historians' and authors' top tips 2012-08-17T21:45:07Z

As the matriarch of our heaving, multi-generational family, she had always helmed the kitchen with an efficient, if somewhat despotic, hand. Love in the Time of Numbness; or, Doctor Chekhov, Writer 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

All of a sudden she felt despotically maternal. Wilderness by Sarah Hall 2013-03-18T13:22:56Z

Early evidence suggests King Nerd is every bit as ruthless, every bit as despotic as the odious he-men who once gave him wedgies in gym class. When the alpha nerds kicked ass 2010-12-16T22:01:00Z

“The list goes all the way from ‘generous man,’ ‘wonderful company,’ ‘a great organizer’ to ‘poisoner,’ ‘cruel’ and ‘despotic,’ all the worst adjectives you can think of. Plum Role: History?s Ultimate Godfather 2011-03-25T20:53:57Z

He sets the scene with verses about his childhood crush and his despotic history teacher, then moves on to his own teaching career at a progressive Peterborough comp. Mark Grist – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-24T14:20:48Z

You wouldn’t have known it from the American broadcast, but 1944 was a highly controversial song because its subject was the deportation of Crimean Tatars from Russia at the hands of the despotic Joseph Stalin. Why the US embrace of Eurovision is good news for planet Earth 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

Perhaps this is what it means to write under the watch of a despotic regime constantly scouring the Internet for forbidden ideas. Review | Banned in China, Sheng Keyi’s ‘Death Fugue’ is a pungent political satire 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z

"Let us simply say," Orwell wrote, "that this control is despotic and, to put it plainly, self-interested." The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism 2012-07-27T07:00:04Z

The despotic god of Red China was blessing the visit of an American whose whole career had been built on Red baiting. A Witness Sees History Restaged and Rewritten 2011-02-11T19:47:04Z

But such physical articulation is revealed to be inseparable from a ruler whose emotionally despotic treatment of Isabella is shown in bold relief. Review: Judi Dench Brings Titania to Life Again 2010-02-23T11:35:00Z

But Lenny’s despotic machinations are complicated by the fact that he might very well also be a saint, albeit one with a nefarious moral code. A Man Without Qualities: HBO’s “The Young Pope” 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z

Gary Shteyngart and Jonathan Lethem, in their new novels, to name just two examples, sent pilgrims out into an America that seemed vastly colder and more despotic. Times Critics Discuss the Year in Books, From Triumphs to Disappointments 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z

He said it was something that “can never be restrained but by despotic governments.” No monument for Madison. But one of his legacies is freedom of the press. 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z

Because of the "despotic obstinacy" that he also recognizes in his son, he can't even wear a party hat on New Year's Eve. Lionel Shriver: rereading Mr Bridge by Evan S Connell 2013-02-15T18:30:01Z

Since 1896, Oscar Wilde’s “Salome” has provided opportunities for lush decadence — and who could object? — with its despotic voluptuary King Herod and the petulant title character. | 'Salome': Best Way Not to Win a Pious Man?s Heart? Dance of the Seven Veils 2011-07-15T23:40:06Z

In one best-selling novel after another, he drew on bitter memories, particularly of his despotic and abusive father, a Marine Corps fighter pilot. Pat Conroy, best-selling author of ‘Great Santini’ and ‘Prince of Tides,’ dies at 70 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

He doesn’t want to build an empire or amass wealth or any of the usual despotic bad-guy things. What if superheroes aren’t really the good guys? 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Witnessing the transaction but not recognizing Danielle, Henry is delighted by her assertiveness — and her ability to quote Thomas More’s “Utopia” by way of admonishing him for his kingdom’s despotic ways. Review: ‘Ever After,’ a Slipperless Cinderella Tale, at the Paper Mill Playhouse 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z

He supplies untraceable Web hosting to an assortment of incompatible clients, from Islamists to communists to feminists, whoever wants to evade detection by the region’s despotic authorities. “Alif the Unseen”: Hacker meets Jinn 2012-07-01T22:00:00Z

Every day, a new despotic director, Kim Jong Un, produces fresh installments in the planet's most frightful franchise of human suffering. 'A Kim Jong-Il Production' times it right, post-Sony hacking 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

One side was a despotic empire that suppressed the most basic human needs and desires; the other was a collection of democracies that, however corrupt and imperfect, sought to enhance human freedom. Perspective | John le Carré didn’t just invent the characters in the foreground of the spy world. He designed the entire set. 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

Defensively, the Dutch claimed to have rid the island of despotic kings and pointed to a once-flourishing local slave trade as evidence of native barbarism. Art Review: A Storied Paradise, Tempered by Reality 2011-05-30T21:33:34Z

Like many composers of his time, Chausson labored under the anxious influence — what he called the “ardent and despotic inspiration” — of Wagner. A King Arthur Rarity Is an Apt Way to Return to the Opera 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z

DeVito, who won an Emmy for his turn as the despotic dispatcher in "Taxi," currently stars in the FX comedy "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman split after 30-year marriage 2012-10-08T18:51:45Z

Ms Marvel would have perhaps already resorted to violence: her signature move involves enlarging her fists and whacking despotic opponents. 'I feel joy': how Bisha K Ali went from struggling standup to Marvel maestro 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z

In this brutal but grimly comic piece, a despotic father keeps his adult children imprisoned at home and systematically misinformed about the outside world and the meanings of everyday words. Yorgos Lanthimos, director of The Lobster, on his wild, star-studded life of Queen Anne 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z

Seyfried plays Holmes as earnest, driven, vulnerable and hypercritical before she turns chilly, manipulative and despotic. Hollywood Bets Big on the Bad Entrepreneur 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z

Barry’s wife and children are supposed to be foils, innocents abroad who serve as the viewer’s avatar in an unfamiliar, despotic world. Adam Rayner Stars in ‘Tyrant,’ a Thriller on FX 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z

With news of the Middle East dominated by suicide bombers, violence and despotic leaders, Akyol worries that it's easy to get the wrong idea about his religion. Seeds of Arab Spring sown in Islam's past, author says 2011-07-14T18:31:10Z

It's a truth universally assumed that today's conductors differ from their despotic forebears. Tom Service on today's orchestra conductors 2010-06-30T21:30:00Z

Kaschei, traditionally a nondancing grotesque who despotically holds his realm in terrified thrall, is here a vain, highly mobile figure of bizarre glamour with black robes, green gloves and green headdress. Dance Review: Ratmansky’s ‘Firebird,’ for American Ballet Theater 2012-06-12T22:16:25Z

Her despotic, dentally challenged Minister Mason in “Snowpiercer” was originally supposed to be a man. Tilda Swinton's Many Sets of False Teeth 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

In “Mincemeat Seesaw,” one of the earliest poems in the volume, Sutherland directly addresses the reader: “I am relying/ just elsewhere on despotic brutalism/ as are you,/ ink pig.” A Radical Poet in the Age of Google and Guantánamo 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z

But she also captures the Chinese state at its most arbitrary and despotic, disregarding the rule of law and international human rights conventions to which it is a signatory. Inside the Documentary ‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry’ 2012-07-20T21:04:05Z

The only country you could imagine her as president of would be a despotic narcostate, the kind that DeLaria, having a ball in the role, suggests is not much different than ours. Review: In a Gleeful ‘POTUS,’ White House Enablers Gone Wild 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z

I knew she was parodying a despotic regime, which deserved to be held up for ridicule. White people: Don’t get offended on Margaret Cho’s behalf 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq was despotic, oppressive, criminal and worse. Review: ‘Homeland: Iraq Year Zero’ Chronicles a War-Torn Family 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

Indeed, the sixth season amplifies Inaros' despotic, abusive nature and the way he twists his son's psyche.The same dynamics play into the relationship between the 45th president and his inept, dull-witted children. On its final run, "The Expanse" serves a last supper for we who continue to for our humanity 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z

We thrill at the weirdness of the heretic king Akhenaten and all his works, but do not question what it is like to live under a despotic, fanatical ruler.” Books of The Times: Abrupt Regime Change in Egypt Is Nothing New. Just Ask Thutmose III. 2011-03-28T22:49:02Z

America through the Crooked lens is a grand experiment, ever more perfect and expansive, but endangered by ancient prejudices, persistent injustices and a despotic dunce in the White House. The battle in your ear buds: The bros of political podcasting and their quest to reinvent punditry 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z

Active resistance is necessary because it is the moral and political indifference of demoralized, self-seeking citizens that normalizes despotic power. Václav Havel’s Lessons on How to Create a “Parallel Polis” 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Domingo continues work on Sophocles’ second play, putting on the crown as King Creon, and suddenly Autumn becomes a real-life Antigone, railing against his despotic rule. How ‘Sophocles in Staten Island’ Gains in Translation 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z

Both are rooted in the despotic attitudes that the Federalist Society has bred in its hand-picked judges. "Like erecting a dam with a chain link fence": Supreme Court refuses to get why people hate them 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z

They had been considered enemies of the state by the despotic regime of President Ferdinand Marcos for their involvement in the Communist Party. Nelia Sancho, Beauty Queen Turned Political Activist, Dies at 71 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z

Zhou Fengsuo, a student leader in the Tiananmen Square protest movement, said that Hong Kong is now under the same “despotic rule” as the mainland. Hong Kong Remembered the Tiananmen Massacre, Until It Couldn’t 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z

Jefferson complained of “useless judges” and described the judiciary as “a despotic branch.” Supreme Court Criticism 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

According to the Zhou, the Shang rulers over time had grown despotic, ruining the lives of their subjects and squandering the bountiful resources of China. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z

They all are being punished by despotic regimes for nothing more than posting or reposting something on social media. Opinion | They clicked once. Then came the dark prisons.

In the lab, though, the highest ranking males form particularly despotic regimes. When alpha mice are trounced by weaklings, they spiral into depression 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z

In a growing genre of movies inspired by the #MeToo movement, two very different films stand out: “Women Talking” and “Tár,” a portrait of a despotic, world-famous conductor heading for a fall. Your Thursday Briefing 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z

Those final words made clear that, for many Republicans, particularly in the House, the moral argument for supporting a democratic nation against a despotic invader is not a sufficient rationale for U.S. action. Opinion | The budget deal reflects Senate Republican fears of the new GOP House 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

Short of that, Israel will be a despotic theocracy. In Israel, Netanyahu's extremist new government rips off the mask 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z

But the truth — obvious to all of Iranian society — is that the despotic clerics are the ones who are afraid. Opinion | In Iran, protesters are executed. The regime is losing the people. 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z

Prisoner swaps between democracies and despotic regimes are rarely equal. Opinion | Trading Brittney Griner for an arms dealer was a good deal 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z

In Shanghai, some even shouted the banners’ most radical demand: “Remove the despotic traitor Xi Jinping!” China’s Protest Prophet 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z

During the congress, a lone man protested on the Sitong Bridge in northwest Beijing, unfurling a banner denouncing Mr. Xi as a “despotic traitor.” After Xi’s Coronation, a Roar of Discontent Against His Hard-line Politics 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

A role model in the worst way, his trolling and despotic workplace practices have set the tone for a grass-roots insurrection inside the internet’s so-called town square. Commentary: $44 billion can buy Twitter, but it can't buy respect 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z

This month, a demonstrator unfurled two banners on a highway overpass in Beijing, denouncing Xi Jinping as a “despotic traitor.” Your Tuesday Briefing: Rishi Sunak to Lead Britain 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z

A young Chinese woman started chanting slogans made popular by the Bridge Man: “Students, workers, let’s strike. Depose the despotic traitor Xi Jinping.” A Lonely Protest in Beijing Inspires Young Chinese to Find Their Voice 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z

It has become increasingly unpopular and is viewed as weak, corrupt and despotic. With Putin, Palestinian leader rules out US role as mediator 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

Unchecked legislatures, he warned, could be as despotic as unchecked monarchs. Quit fawning over the royals: The British monarchy is a tool of class war and white supremacy 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z

James Hamilton, who served as governor of South Carolina in the early 1830s, denounced the “despotic majority that oppresses us.” U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z

Reinvigorated and clad in a saffron dhoti, Ram exacts revenge on the despotic British governor with the help of his burly friend Bheem, who bears a resemblance to the Hindu god Hanuman. As India marks its first 75 years, Gandhi is downplayed, even derided 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z

If Saied gets his way, Tunisia could send an ominous signal to the rest of the Middle East and North Africa, where despotic rulers remain entrenched. Opinion | Tunisia’s constitutional referendum represents a dark day for democracy 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z

In a Facebook post, Ms. Carlson cited a portion of the Declaration of Independence that said it was a duty to “throw off” despotic governments. A North Dakota City Attracted a Corn Mill. Then Came Questions About Its Chinese Owners. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z

Demanding justice for Jamal also served the larger goal of deterring atrocities by despotic regimes subsidized by U.S. taxpayers. Opinion | Biden’s fist bump with MBS was a crass betrayal 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z

That L traced back to a man named Oswaldo Payá, a Cuban activist who defied Fidel Castro’s despotic regime and ultimately lost his life for the cause. Review | The legacy for which this Cuban dissident fought is still unfolding 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z

I look upon the Espionage Law as a despotic enactment in flagrant conflict with democratic principles and with the spirit of free institutions … Right-wing snowflakes love to whine about free speech — this socialist went to jail for it 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z

The Founders were concerned that people who owned little property or no property at all may at some point comprise a large, despotic voting bloc. Inequality critical for success of American democracy 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z

The national bank extracted so much and returned so little that Haitians quickly called it “the financial Bastille,” equating it with the notorious prison that became a symbol of a despotic French monarchy. How a French Bank Captured Haiti 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

But as Ukrainians plan for the next few years, they should consider the examples of South Korea and West Germany — which became wildly successful democracies in the shadow of unfinished wars and despotic adversaries. Opinion | The time is now to plan for the aftermath of war in Ukraine 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

“At the international level, democracies are being weakened by the asymmetry between open societies and despotic regimes that control their media and online platforms while waging propaganda wars against democracies.” Free-press roundup: ‘Digital siege,’ statehouse coverage and more 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

It is hard to find a more despotic regime than Saudi Arabia, or one more hostile to the press, but I digress. Is free speech a casualty of the Ukraine war? America's commissars crack down on dissent 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

As Vladimir Putin vows to continue his genocidal invasion of Ukraine, investigators at the Treasury Department and Justice Department are scrambling to seize Russian yachts, mansions and the other spoils of his despotic regime. Opinion | $100 Billion. Russia’s Treasure in the U.S. Should Be Turned Against Putin. 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z

Ukranians have put up a valiant fight to defend their country against the merciless assault waged by despotic Russian President Vladimir Putin. Column: From Kyiv to Palisades Charter High, a 14-year-old refugee starts over 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z

Virginians James Madison and Thomas Jefferson feared these measures would endanger liberty by creating a corrupt and despotic government that favored urban commerce over agriculture. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z

“We do not want a huge informational black hole within a despotic superpower.” Perspective | What you can do to help save Ukraine from a looming news apocalypse 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

As the number of autocracies around the world is rising and that of democracies shrinking, we are witnessing a tragic struggle between a despotic regime and a nascent democracy. Opinion | Hostility toward Russians living in the U.S. is a shocking display of misguided prejudice 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z

“A sovereign European nation is being attacked & innocent people are dying for no reason other than a despotic leader decided he misses the glory days of Russia,” Gad tweeted the day Putin launched his invasion. 'Frozen' star Idina Menzel to Ukrainian girl singing 'Let It Go': 'We see you' 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z

But even though Bush visited Russia more than any other country - including, as a personal favour, two trips in 2002 to Putin's home city, St Petersburg - the Russian leader was already displaying dangerously despotic tendencies. Ukraine crisis: The free world fights back against Putin 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z

Just over a decade has passed since social media played the role of great liberator, connecting the youth of the Arab world in uprisings against their despotic rulers. A Surge of Unifying Moral Outrage Over Russia’s War 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

Russia seems to see nothing wrong with its destructive, despotic system. Opinion | Russian Olympic abuses keep happening. When will child athletes be protected? 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z

Still, Lee said he wouldn’t be one to fight a despotic government. 1 in 3 Americans say violence against government can be justified, citing fears of political schism, pandemic 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z

Fresh ideas are needed for how to effectively struggle for free thinking and an open society under despotic rule, as the Belarus Free Theatre admirably did for so long. Opinion | An underground theater troupe flees Belarus, but the fight for democracy goes on 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z

At the same time, a former president and other leaders on the right are urging their followers to believe that they are living under despotic rule. Opinion | Trump supporters’ logic of political violence should alarm us all 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z

We learn the emperor has decided to remove Dune’s despotic royal overlords the Harkonnens and replace them with Paul’s family, royal overlords who are presumably somewhat less evil. Denis Villeneuve navigates the thorny criticisms around ‘Dune’ 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z

The more despotic an autocratic regime becomes, the more it resorts to censorship, coercion, force and terror to cope with its endemic and often irrational paranoia. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

The bleakest news has been the triumph of a despotic, fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. Opinion | It’s been a bleak summer for democracy and civil society worldwide. It’s time to turn it around. 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z

The scene, in its mix of the despotic and mundane, recalls “Paranoia,” from Sayrafiezadeh’s 2013 collection “Brief Encounters With the Enemy.” Review: In 'American Estrangement,' dark stories about the dystopias inside us all 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

Instead of “Nazi” or “fascist,” how about “tyrannical,” “autocratic,” “coercive,” “despotic” or “dictatorial,” just for starters? Opinion | Tossing around ‘Nazi’ and ‘fascist’ as insults is reckless and historically illiterate 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z

As a 17-year-old at Mandalay University, he tried to form a student union, something that had been banned during the despotic rule of Gen. Ne Win. This Lawyer Loses Most of His Cases. And He’s Proud of It. 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z

But living in truth in a despotic system is the supreme act of defiance. Revisiting the case of Julian Assange and the reality of the "rule of law" 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z

"The fight against this despotic regime is the fight against oppression and the fight against terrorism. And this is a public duty to fight against this regime," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech. Iran's Khamenei says fight against Israel is a public duty 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

To others he was a despotic tyrant who succumbed to the British at Waterloo. Before death in exile, Napoleon fought to save his legacy 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

Despised minority groups living in despotic regimes are not likely to get vaccines. Global Vaccine Equity Is Much More Important Than ‘Vaccine Passports’ 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z

Generally the more despotic the system, the more wealth inequality exists, Prufer added. Maya ruins in Belize offer peek at ancient wealth inequality 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z

No country had more to gain than Libya, which had endured four decades of despotic rule by Moammar Gaddafi. Libya risks losing control of its destiny as planeloads of fighters and arms flood the country

A peaceful transfer of power — a core characteristic of democracy — has validated U.S. safeguards against the emergence of despotic rule, which for decades has been a lesson to other democracies. After attack on the U.S. Capitol, some wonder about the state of democracy around the world 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z

The “average white person,” Mr. Gonzalez added, may associate socialism with Nordic countries, but to Asian and Hispanic migrants it recalls despotic “left-wing regimes.” With Trench Warfare Deepening, Parties Face Unsettled Electoral Map 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z

Will Republican politicians and Republican judges — assuming there is still a distinction between the two — stop this despotic fraudster from extinguishing our tradition of republican democracy? Opinion | The only priority now is to stop a selfish president from demolishing our democracy 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z

The mega-pastors, narcissists who rule despotic, cult-like fiefdoms, make millions of dollars by using this heretical belief system to prey on the despair and desperation of their congregations, victims of neoliberalism and deindustrialization. The politics of cultural despair: That's what's killing us, not Donald Trump 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z

In the years that followed, Ngugi’s writing would become politically charged, concerned with the awakening of Kenya’s underclass and its confrontation with oppressive, despotic regimes. How the SoCal coast inspired a legendary author's feminist Kenyan epic 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z

Tactically, that is far preferable for him than focusing on the rapidly deteriorating circumstances of the American people, who are dying in droves as a consequence of his despotic indifference to the ravages of COVID. Will Biden and Trump even discuss the worsening inequality that got us here? 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z

In India in 1975, Indira Gandhi, found guilty of electoral malpractice, declared a state of emergency that granted her despotic powers. Opinion | Salman Rushdie: I’ve seen dictators rise and fall. Beware, America. 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

Referring to the despotic leaders of Iraq, Syria and Libya, he said: “Saddam. Bashar. Qaddafi. They all did this.” CIA veterans who monitored crackdowns abroad see troubling parallels in Trump’s handling of protests 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

As late as 1934, he privately admitted in reference to Irish politics: “I find myself constantly urging the despotic rule of the educated classes as the only end to our troubles.” 'Things fall apart': the apocalyptic appeal of WB Yeats's The Second Coming 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z

And it’s the sort of clamor that despotic leaders use to sow confusion, division and distraction. Opinion | Trump’s signal is his noise. Stop trying to distinguish between the two. 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z

The second is "elected monarchs who exercise a despotic power" — that's closer. Is Donald Trump a tyrant? It depends — Euripides would say no, but Aristotle might say yes 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z

Twitter and Facebook being praised for its ability to bring down despotic governments, not undermine democratic elections or facilitate genocide. Yes, I know we're living in a Black Mirror episode. I still want dystopian TV, though | Jessa Crispin 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z

Or when the U.S. government in the 1970s clung to the ever more despotic acting Shah of Iran. The Ayatollah in the White House 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

The failures of Venezuela and Iran to cope with the coronavirus are primarily the fault of their own despotic regimes. Opinion | Don’t let Trump’s failures at home distract you from his failures abroad 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z

The counterrevolutionary stability of French society ended up being secured by a despotic buffoon — this might sound familiar — who relied on conservative ideology and the support of the peasantry for his election and subsequent coup. Bernie Sanders' campaign proved that organizing around class interests works 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

“He’s despotic, offensive many times,” one of his legal adversaries, Milton S. Gould, said in 1977, “but he’s instilled a little morality in the business community.” Stanley Sporkin, crusading SEC enforcer and tough-minded U.S. judge, dies at 88 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z

Social media seems ill-equipped for nuance and the notion that a political leader can be both heroic and despotic. Celia and Fidel: why the timing is perfect for a new play about Castro 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

How do we deal with a truly despotic tyrant in the White House when the strictures of the Constitution, the safeguards we expected to be there, have been pulled out from beneath our feet? Did Trump try to bribe Julian Assange with a pardon? Well, he won't be impeached over it 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

Insiders have denied these claims, arguing that any discipline of thought was necessary to battle the despotic Iranian regime. Who are the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran? 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z

Every Republican who has lectured others on their insufficient respect for the Constitution now has the chance to defend the constitutional order from the despotic populism the founders most feared. Opinion | Republicans owe Vindman a public apology 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z

“Not much probity is needed for maintaining or sustaining a monarchical government or a despotic government,” wrote the Baron de Montesquieu, whose philosophy inspired the Framers. Opinion | This vulgar man has squandered our decency 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z

Matthews, 74, delivered the sharp comments on his program during a discussion of President Trump’s supposed affinity for despotic world leaders. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews calls Netanyahu one of the world’s ‘bad guys,’ alongside Putin, Erdogan 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z

Mr. Moi was one of the last of Africa’s so-called Big Men, who presided over their countries in increasingly despotic ways. Daniel arap Moi, former Kenyan president who ruled with iron fist, dies at 95 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

These attempts have revealed the nonsensical nature of the “one country, two systems” fudge by which China disguises the despotic future it envisions for both Hong Kong and Taiwan. Opinion | Time is on Taiwan’s side 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

This theme of false religionists lying to despotic rulers runs throughout the Bible. Evangelicals using religion for political gain is nothing new. It is a US tradition | Reverend William Barber 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

"A despotic regime that made documented efforts to cajole and coerce its people to mourn publicly vs a free people being free =/= owning Trump." Washington Post reporter slammed for sharing mock-comparison of Soleimani funeral, Trump inaugural crowds 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

The mega-pastors, narcissists who rule despotic, cult-like fiefdoms, make millions of dollars by using this heretical belief system to prey on the mounting despair and desperation of their congregations, victims of neoliberalism and deindustrialization. Onward, Christian fascists 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z

It was a mind-numbing spectacle, devoid of morality and ethics, the kind of political theater that characterizes despotic regimes. The impeachment's moral hypocrisy 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z

By facing the law, Mr. al-Bashir joins a list of reputedly despotic leaders who have been removed from office through popular protests and who have been put on trial over their actions while in power. Sudan’s Ousted Leader Is Sentenced to Two Years for Corruption 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

“Repressive speech codes are the indecent hallmark of despotic, totalitarian regimes,” Mr. Dreiband said in a Monday statement. Justice Department backs Mississippi student suing college over free speech 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

Sleepy-eyed and milky-skinned, Hal is so alienated from his despotic and unhinged father that when a messenger delivers a summons to the king’s supposed deathbed, the party boy can’t be bothered to show up. Review | Timothée Chalamet stars in ‘The King,’ a handsome if dull take on English history 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

Yet Haiti has been plagued by despotic rule and political instability for much of its tenure as an independent state. As Protests Again Sweep Haiti, How Can the Nation Move Forward? 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

Apple justifies acceding to despotic demands by arguing that it is the cost of operating in China, and that the Chinese people are better off with a big U.S. firm around than without. Opinion | Apple accedes to China’s despotic demands 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

Once an icon to many Africans, Mr. Mugabe grew increasingly despotic, persecuting the Ndebele minority, wresting farmland from its white owners, and driving the economy to ruin. A Music Genre Grows in Zimbabwe, Fueled by Rage Against Authority 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z

It’s one thing to pass laws, fencing in the office to prevent another despotic takeover. How do we recover from the surreal nightmare of this presidency? It will take some work 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

The power of the weak against despotic enemies is that they start conflicts they can’t finish — in the hope that a great power will come and rescue them. Opinion | The U.S. has to tread in the middle when handling the Hong Kong protests 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

The society the army fights against is a despotic version of patriarchy; the resistance is female-led and operated. Women at war: why do we still struggle with the idea of female soldiers? 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z

The forces of scarcity, racism, repression and despotic political corruption are reaching a critical flashpoint on our planet that’s getting warmer and less hospitable by the day. Lessons from the Puerto Rican insurrection: "When tyranny is the law, revolution is the order." 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z

It contains ideas feared by those who want despotic powers. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z

American provincialism also functions as insulation of the brain, preventing the average citizen from seeing and hearing the warning signs that history offers into the transformation of democracy into despotic rule. Independent of everything: Is America too dumb for democracy? 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z

One way or another, the message has to go out: As much bad press as Trump gets, It’s not commensurate with his despotic presidency or the malfeasance that elected him. Trump's Chuck Todd interview: Right and wrong have come permanently unstuck in America 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z

Varon argues that many of them believed that white Southerners needed deliverance from their “scheming leaders,” the despotic planters who shut down public debate and dominated the political system. Review | Why did the North fight the Civil War? 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

The corporate news media likes to report the popular overthrow of despotic Governor Ricardo Rossello as merely the logical consequence of local conditions going septic post-Hurricane Maria. Lessons from the Puerto Rican insurrection: "When tyranny is the law, revolution is the order." 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z

He’s frustrated because he has, I think in the positive way, you could say he has the inclinations of you know a family held business CEO but on other hand a maybe aspirational despotic tendency. Transcript: Preet Bharara 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z

The despotic King Atar, having become jealous of the heroic soldier Tarare, has Tarare’s wife abducted and installed in a harem. Antonio Salieri’s Revenge 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z

Her heartbreaking death feels even more tragic because in the moment she seems like the Dany of old, not the despotic maniac who laid waste to King’s Landing. How ‘Game of Thrones’ wronged its female characters in the series finale 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z

White Southerners’ political independence would then free the nation from the sway that planters exercised over politics and policy, a sway Northerners denounced as a despotic slave power. Review | Why did the North fight the Civil War? 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z

The military is negotiating with protest leaders about the structure of a new civilian government to replace Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the dictator ousted in April after three decades of despotic rule. Opinion | Can Sudan revive the Arab Spring? 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z

These are all historic allegations and would seem even more that way if not for the almost complete normalization of Trump’s despotic tendencies. Robert Mueller wasn't Superman: Straight-arrow prosecutor no match for Trump crime family 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z

Johnson had trained as an artist, and he believed that Akhenaten must have been “wildly creative,” despite his despotic tendencies. Into the pharaoh's chamber: how I fell in love with ancient Egypt 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

He added, “I don’t see why we’d be following the lead or seen as a very, very close ally of a despotic, un-democratic regime.” Bernie Sanders Imagines a Progressive New Approach to Foreign Policy 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z

“The more they can prove that this is not just a despotic but also an erratic regime, the easier it will be for them to justify that diplomatic options have been exhausted,” he said. Venezuela Crisis Escalates as Guaidó’s Chief of Staff Is Arrested 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z

"The bottom line is that the United States should not be supporting a catastrophic war led by a despotic regime with an irresponsible foreign policy," Sanders said on Wednesday from the Senate floor. Senate votes to end US support for Saudi forces in Yemen 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

“The bottom line is the United States should not be supporting a catastrophic war led by a despotic regime with a dangerous and irresponsible foreign policy,” Mr. Sander said. Bernie Sanders, Senate OK end to U.S. military action in Yemen 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

When Raddatz pushed the point to Bolton, he pivoted to criticizing presidents prior to Trump and their handling of America's bilateral relationship with the despotic nation. John Bolton refuses to discuss North Korea's missile program 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z

He’s insulting our allies and, you know, his favorite foreign leaders are the ones who are autocratic or despotic. The Republican Planning to Run Against Trump in 2020 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

Courting Venezuelan expats in Miami, Mr. Trump decried “socialism” or “socialists” more than a dozen times, saying those who have fled despotic, leftist leaders should know he’s taking the U.S. in the opposite direction. Donald Trump embraces anti-socialism message in 2020 re-election campaign 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z

Now the contest pits a despotic and, at times, seemingly deranged President against shocked and horrified bureaucrats scrambling to safeguard the basic principles of our democracy. Andrew McCabe’s Countdown to the Mueller Report 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

So why has the US become impoverished in its leadership, preferring instead to hide behind symbolic and real walls, while despotic China slowly but surely encompasses the globe in its own form of imperialism? Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z

Why else would Stone, along with his former business partners Paul Manafort and Charlie Black, offer their lobbying services to many of the world’s most despotic dictators? Roger Stone is more than a toxic clown: He's a danger to democracy 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z

Every day that Donald Trump’s despotic government shutdown continues without a national general strike is another missed opportunity for Americans to transform ourselves from victims of our history to the architects of it. A call for a national general strike part 2: Times up for deferring MLK’s dream 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z

State media in Iran now typically refer to the shah as “despotic,” focusing on the abuses and his lavish lifestyle. Shah of Iran modernized his nation but vacillated in crisis 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z

If our leaders continue to succumb, as Yoda once said, to the “quick and easy path,” we might as well relinquish our world leadership status to China, Russia and other despotic regimes. Will the Dems get Trumped? Why I dread the 2020 primary campaign 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z

But Orban’s government evidently did not want a figure associated with resistance to a despotic regime gracing the country’s central public square. ‘This is fake democracy’: Hungarians march against government’s autocratic reach 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z

The unexpected new policies flustered and terrified American military leaders and our Kurdish allies, and delighted Vladimir Putin and the despotic leaders of Turkey and Syria. Editorials from around New York 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

He openly condemns the despotic rule of the party-state, and he refuses to stop writing or posting his criticism. China’s Bizarre Program to Keep Activists in Check 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z

“Today, we tell the despotic regime in Saudi Arabia that we will not be part of their military adventurism,” he said. Senate Votes to End Aid for Yemen Fight Over Khashoggi Killing and Saudis’ War Aims 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

“We must tell Saudi Arabia that the United States will no longer support their despotic regime's role in the horrific war in Yemen.” Angry over Khashoggi killing, Senate demands end to U.S. role in Yemen war, condemns crown prince 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

"Today we tell the despotic government of Saudi Arabia that we will not be part of their military adventures," he said. Senate defies Trump with Saudi war vote 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

“Today we tell the despotic regime in Saudi Arabia we will not be part of their military adventurism,” said Sen. Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent and a leading sponsor of the resolution. Senate bucks Trump, passes measure pulling U.S. support from Yemen war 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

Since the ouster of the despotic ruler, the U.S. Democrat Mississippi Senate hopeful misled about $750G lobbying contract with African despot 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z

Historically, the U.S. hasn’t embraced despotic regimes despite their oppressive nature, but precisely because of it. Don’t blame Saudi Arabia for corrupting the U.S. on human rights 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z

He appeared eager to dispel concerns that he would govern despotically, saying his government would be a “defender of the Constitution, democracy and liberty.” Jair Bolsonaro, Far-Right Populist, Elected President of Brazil 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

Critics say Mr. Bolsonaro will staff his cabinet with military men, treat political opponents despotically and undermine democratic institutions. A Momentous Election in Brazil: What’s at Stake? 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

A world without misogyny and with women and queer liberation is a world without despotic rulers. Authoritarians like Trump target trans people for a reason | Mischa Haider 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

Is it really in America’s national interest to tie ourselves so closely to a despotic and widely despised regime that is even now facing the beginning of the end of the Age of Oil? MBS mendacity syndrome: Media pundits run for cover in the wake of Khashoggi outrage 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z

But the Saudi leader, King Salman, waved a wand for Jared’s royal visit, and the despotic country was magically transformed into the peaceful, reforming society of Jared’s fantasy. Opinion | Prince Jared finds himself in the wrong fairytale 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z

Now here’s a great idea for a movie: What would happen if, in a test of patriotism, American citizens were asked to pledge their allegiance to a despotic U.S. president? Review | ‘The Oath’ is a political satire that’s ripped, like a Band-Aid, from today’s headlines 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

Trump also matches two of Shakespeare’s Romans – a would-be Julius Caesar with despotic longings, he is as titanically tetchy as Coriolanus, given to volleys of abuse that betray his mental instability. Shakespeare in the age of Brexit and Trump: the play’s still the thing 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z

There is only the danger of the president’s party cowering before a depraved, vindictive, despotic and demagogic truth-evader. Donald Trump’s unpardonable endgame: Does the president have unlimited power to pardon anyone? 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

Nikita Khrushchev, in his memoirs, observed that Joseph Stalin, his despotic and bloody-minded predecessor, referred to “everyone who didn’t agree with him as an ‘enemy of the people.’ Trump and the Enemies of the People 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z

“An oligarch is just a despotic power exercised by a privileged few,” Ellis said. Manafort jury hears of lavish spending on luxury clothes 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

In fact, the key insight was that despotic states punish people even though they have broken no law, or never been properly convicted of it. America’s border and the rule of law: Are we becoming a terror state? 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z

But as rogue militancy waned and police and military abuses continued, Karachi’s residents began to question if they were merely trading one despotic regime for another. Roiled by Military Intervention, Karachi Voters Push for Change 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z

Bache declared that the new nation had “realigned with a despotic rather than a republican state,” and charged the treaty with serving the financial interests of a handful of wealthy merchants. Donald Trump is taking America back — to 1798, when John Adams colluded with an enemy power 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

For obvious reasons, loyalists who favored obedience to King George III of England liked to quote Romans 13; revolutionaries also used it to argue that Paul never meant to justify despotic rulers. Jeff Sessions’ defense of family separation is bad Holocaust history 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

In the nineteen-eighties and nineties, Prince’s critics often characterized him as despotic, self-righteous, vain, and arrogant, but, later on, the narrative shifted. Paisley Park, Prince’s Lonely Palace 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

In contempt for a rich tradition of Christian resistance to injustice, he is cherry-picking the bible to serve a despotic white nationalist agenda. When the US government snatches children, it's Biblical to resist the law | Daniel José Camacho 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z

Wearing isn’t carrying on: Airlines are run by despotic monsters, but their rules allow for one massive loophole. How to pack light for summer travel without being gross - Golf Digest 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z

But Orwell notes that “literature has sometimes flourished under despotic regimes.” How George Orwell Predicted the Challenge of Writing Today 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z

There is no doubt the Red Hats would stand with Trump throughout every despotic move, as they have since the election. What comes next in Trump’s big power-grab: How close is he to staging a coup? 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z

“He has declined to distinguish the actions of our government from the crimes of despotic ones,” he continues. John McCain warns that Republicans are on wrong side of immigration debate 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z

In a preface to their 10 points, Marx and Engels acknowledged their coercive nature: “Of course, in the beginning, this cannot be effected except by means of despotic inroads.” Marx’s Apologists Should Be Red in the Face 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

Of course, there is also a bit of amnesia about the shah’s despotic tendencies, and the abuses by his secret police, the Savak, which fueled the uprising the overthrew him in 1979. A Mummy Turned Up in Iran. Could It Be the Former Shah? 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

There is also a bit of amnesia about the shah’s despotic tendencies, and the abuses by his secret police, the SAVAK, which fueled the uprising that overthrew him in 1979. Could mysterious mummy in Iran be that of former shah? 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

The six-term senator adds Trump “has declined to distinguish the actions of our government from the crimes of despotic ones.” Analysis | The Daily 202: Rod Rosenstein may just be the most powerful person in Washington 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

McCain takes particular aim at Trump, a real estate developer and former reality-television star, writing that he “has declined to distinguish the actions of our government from the crimes of despotic ones.” McCain: Trump more interested in appearing tough than in the nation’s values 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z

Broadway, happily, is getting a version of Jackson's Lear through her portrayal of A, the wealthy despotic widow in Albee's "Three Tall Women." My disastrous tea with Glenda Jackson 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z

The tomb was demolished soon after the 1979 Islamic revolution as Iran's new clerical rulers sought to erase all traces of a secular monarchy that by then was widely seen as corrupt, despotic and dissolute. The discovery of a decades-old corpse unearths a new threat to Iran's theocracy 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z

Reza Shah was a force for modernisation despite his despotic rule. Mummified body found in Iran could be of ex-ruler Reza Shah 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z

He sent his vice-president, Mike Pence, to denounce Cuba’s “despotic regime”. How long will Latin America support “American values”? 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

They are/will be too busy recruiting in Russia and other despotic regimes. Trump Aide Spoke During Campaign to Associate Tied to Russian Intelligence 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

The Senate voted 30-13 to put “Maryland, My Maryland” on historic status and say its sensitive pre-Civil War references to “Northern scum” and a despotic President Abraham Lincoln don’t reflect Marylanders’ values today. Maryland bill would ‘retire’ state song to ‘historic’ status 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

They are despotic, they are ruthless, they are cruel to their own people — but they are not irrational. Opinion | What Trump could learn from my attempts to denuclearize North Korea 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z

Five months ago, he called Iran a “despotic theocracy” and “a pernicious empire that is expanding its power and influence across the Middle East.” Mike Pompeo, a Hawk Who Pleased the President, Moves From Spying to Diplomacy 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z

BEIJING—President Xi Jinping is counting on a gathering of nearly 3,000 lawmakers to show unequivocal support for his bid to govern China indefinitely by setting aside a decades-old safeguard against despotic rule. One Last Step: Xi Jinping Stands at the Precipice of Lifelong Rule 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

An ironic precedent to Han Kang-gate was the translation of Yi’s 1987 novella Our Twisted Hero, in which a schoolboy is manipulated by a despotic school prefect, with the blessing of their teachers. Lost in (mis)translation? English take on Korean novel has critics up in arms 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z

As a commentary on the despotic male artistic gaze, “Phantom Thread” will no doubt remind several viewers of “Mother!,” Review | ‘Phantom Thread’: In his final role, Daniel Day-Lewis reminds us he’s a monumental talent 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z

Astonishing how that continues to be a winning formula for despotic politicians and money grubbing corporations. Companies Warn of Hits From Tax Cuts. Don’t Be Fooled. 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z

Through sanctions, diplomatic pressure and other means, the burden of Mr. Kim’s despotic and reckless reign must be brought to an end. Opinion | There’s a deadly new threat from North Korea 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z

Hungary forgot that Congress has no desire to encourage despotic attacks on the many American universities with branches overseas. Donald Trump’s administration is promoting democracy and human rights 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

Zimbabwe celebrates the end of the despotic rule of Robert Mugabe. Opinion | The U.S. position on Zimbabwe will be critical 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

Until two weeks ago, the paper was printing laudatory stories and editorials about the country’s despotic leader. Suddenly, Zimbabwe’s biggest newspaper can print exactly what it wants. It’s harder than it sounds. 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z

The foreign secretary also welcomed the announcement, but warned it should not mark "the transition from one despotic rule to another". UK welcomes Zimbabwe's 'brighter future' 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

The money belongs to the people of the region and not to a handful of despotic families long kept in power by the military force of Western imperialism. Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry. It’s Time to Ask Why. 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

As Robert Mugabe’s rule became more despotic, Christian churches emerged as one of the few independent forces that retained the ability to challenge him, in part because of their international connections. The impact of religion on Robert Mugabe 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

It is awkward enough, Moscow’s mandarins must think, that the Russian revolution was a people’s uprising against despotic rule, a fight against injustice and the gross excesses of the rich. Putin’s Russia can’t celebrate its revolutionary past. It has to smother it | Catherine Merridale 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z

In a decades-long career, Manafort made tens of millions of dollars far beyond the borders of established democracies, working for despotic leaders and their allies in countries such as the Philippines and Congo. Ukrainians cheered by news of Manafort’s indictment 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z

The Cold War had ended and with it the sorry history of support for despotic regimes by both the West and the Soviet bloc. Kenya poll: A key moment for African democracy 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

The unofficial response on Twitter was just as strong: “Who next, Kim Jong Un?” quipped one person, referring to the despotic president of North Korea. Robert Mugabe, under sanction for human rights abuses, is named a WHO ‘goodwill ambassador’ 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z

The president used his speech before the United Nations last month to launch personal attacks against North Korea’s despotic leader. Opinion | JFK could help us prevent nuclear war 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

He opened his rucksack and revealed plunder hidden for 20 years: the bronze right foot, including spur and stirrup, severed from a statue of Don Juan de Oñate, the despotic conquistador of New Mexico. Statue’s Stolen Foot Reflects Divisions Over Symbols of Conquest 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z

Kim Jong Il was seen as a lesser leader, more reclusive, more repressive, and more despotic precisely because he tried to manage the famine internationally through media and military tactics. Historian: For North Korea, Acquiring Nukes Was a Rational Decision 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

No doubt people in this time of such despotic rule require heroes; no doubt there are many to be found in the alphabet soup of the intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Sure, the torrent of Trump leaks is irresistible — but some leaks serve to protect the rich and powerful 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

Civil asset forfeiture is perhaps the ultimate despotic power play. Georgia editorial roundup 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z

Republicans in Congress voted with Democrats in overwhelming, veto-proof, numbers to pass a Russia sanctions bill that constrains Mr. Trump’s ability to indulge his strange sympathy for Vladimir Putin’s despotic regime. Opinion | The GOP steps up to check an out-of-control president 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z

Only a generation ago Myanmar had been cut off from the world by despotic generals; Cambodia’s 25-year-old civil war was still sputtering; and Vietnam was only just beginning to experiment with some timid market reforms. South-East Asia’s future looks prosperous but illiberal 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z

From Saudi Arabia to Kuwait, they are key allies and partners of the British government, and the Tories are endeavouring to forge ever closer links with these despotic exporters of fanaticism. The Tories would rather cosy up to despots than keep us safe | Owen Jones 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z

It’s also never too soon to be reminded that Second Amendment purists believe that the “right to bear arms” was written into the Constitution to protect people against a despotic government. Republicans, the Second Amendment and gun violence: Will the GOP ever return to sanity? 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

Typically, proposals like these are dismissed on the grounds that they combine the worst of all worlds: the appeasement of a despotic regime and reckless naïveté. Avoiding apocalypse on the Korean Peninsula 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z

The White House and its allies argue that the Cuban government remains despotic and must be pressured to reform. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

In 2006 the council replaced the UN Commission on Human Rights, which had been irredeemably discredited, not least by being chaired just a few years earlier by Libya, then ruled by the despotic Muammar Qaddafi. The UN Human Rights Council will be weaker if America leaves 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

Reforming governments who replace authoritarian or despotic ones tend to be keenest to tackle torture, often confronting their own army or police. Bans help make torture less common 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

One is that while the rulers of these despotic Gulf regimes are Sunnis, there are many in the eastern Arab world who are not. Why Donald Trump's 'Arab Nato' would be a terrible mistake | Rashid Khalidi 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

As a presidential candidate, Trump described the kingdom as run by a despotic regime that would eventually be overthrown. First stop on Trump’s first official trip overseas signals Saudi Arabia’s importance 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

The aim generally would be to reimpose limits on travel and commerce, supposedly to punish Cuba’s despotic government, now led by Raúl Castro, brother of the revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

Much like Nixon, Trump’s actions from this point forward will continue to grow increasingly despotic as he desperately attempts to kill the investigation. Nixon didn’t have Twitter: The parallels are clear, but Trump might be more dangerous 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

The despotic city planner hadn’t counted on the determination of the mothers in question, or the ferocity of their leader – an owlish stenographer and freelance journalist by the name of Jane Jacobs. Street fighter: how Jane Jacobs saved New York from Bulldozer Bob 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z

And the answer is: yes, at some point the leader of a nuclear nation will be deranged, despotic or desperate enough to use them, whether deliberately or accidentally. Is the world more dangerous now than during the cold war? 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z

The NYT does not use “rogue” to describe Saudi Arabia, which is another despotic regime that also supports policies like Salafism that supports terrorists around the world. Opinion | Friday Mailbag: When Governments Go ‘Rogue’ 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had had before of the real nature of imperialism – the real motives for which despotic governments act. Did George Orwell shoot an elephant? His 1936 'confession' – and what it might mean 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z

Some Mesoamerican cultures do seem to fit the despotic model. It wasn't just Greece: Archaeologists find early democratic societies in the Americas 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z

In other words, the petty absurdity of the environmentalists’ priorities was matched only by their despotic overreach. Scott Pruitt Rejects Climate-Change Reality 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z

Some supporters claim he’s facing a secret coup from an intelligence and foreign policy establishment that constitutes a despotic “deep state.” Opinion | A look inside the country’s real-life spy thriller 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

It is certainly a despotic and horrible government, but “rogue” implies illegitimate/criminal. Opinion | Friday Mailbag: When Governments Go ‘Rogue’ 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

It is difficult to know if President Trump is aware of the historic resonance of the term, a label generally associated with despotic communist governments rather than democracies. Trump Embraces ‘Enemy of the People,’ a Phrase With a Fraught History 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z

But then Lenin dies, Stalin sweeps into power and, nearly overnight, institutes a despotic cloud over the entire Soviet empire. Communism only enforceable ‘at the end of a gun,’ ‘Bitter Harvest’ film producer says 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z

The word “kleptocracy” often conjures Cold War imagery of despotic tyrants in poor, faraway places. Five myths about kleptocracy 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z

It involves Madame Verdurin, a despotic salon hostess who circumvents the rationing laws of the First World War to get the special croissants that, when taken dipped in coffee, supposedly ease her migraines. The Big and Small of Bad Internet News 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z

Many Republicans who had long been critical of Vladimir Putin’s despotic rule are adjusting their positions to accord with Trump’s more sympathetic views. Will the GOP be the pro-Putin party? 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

Amartya Sen, a Harvard University economist and Nobel laureate, called it a “despotic action.” Indians like to pay cash. The government is now forcing them to swipe cards. 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

“They are using Daesh to change the terms of the conflict, from the fight of the people against a despotic, fascist regime to a fight against terrorism.” Assad’s Choice: Fight Rebels but Give Way to ISIS 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z

On this argument, old habits die hard, and democratically elected politicians retain old despotic ways of thinking. Why South Korea's corruption scandal is nothing new - BBC News 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

It looks despotic, inflammatory, extreme and violent: it looks, in short, exactly as Trump promised it would look, as he campaigned on a pledge to imprison his opponent. The dangerous fantasy behind Trump’s normalisation 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

And political correctness functions like a despotic regime. Trump, Clinton and the Culture of Deference 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

The despotic Saudi family has long been kept in power by US Central Command and thus American voters with their flags and yellow ribbons... Fight Between Saudis and 9/11 Families Escalates in Washington 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

Missing from this report the fact Arabs had been ruled by despotic regimes since 1950’s. Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, conservatives have decried Obama’s “despotic lawlessness,” arguing that his use of executive power is unprecedented. The Perils of Executive Action 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

The anti-Pinochet forces would not have won with a depressing vision of their country even in the midst of despotic, ineffective rule. Republicans’ wishful thinking: Enough already 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

Trump has occasionally expressed qualified admiration for vainglorious, even despotic rulers of the past. Is Donald Trump a textbook narcissist? 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

And, unlike Voltaire, a top-down modernizer who saw despotic monarchs as likely allies of enlightened people, Rousseau looked forward to a world without them. How Rousseau Predicted Trump 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z

Or this variation: Donald Trump has despotic tendencies, but the people around him in the White House and the Cabinet will rein in his worst instincts. The fibs Republicans tell themselves after they endorse Donald Trump 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z

Our government denounces the cruel ruler of Syria but provides critical military support for Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi and, worse, for the despotic dictators of Saudi Arabia. Trump is wrong on Hussein, but so were U.S. leaders 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z

They kept a median distance of 1,213 meters from any human habitation—exposing their offspring to despotic males in the process. Mother brown bears protect cubs with human shields 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z

Three congressmen from Boeing’s headquarters state say Iran’s “despotic leaders” would benefit from any deal to upgrade that nation’s aging aircreft fleet. Illinois lawmakers urge Boeing not to sell aircraft to Iran 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

They said Iran's "despotic leaders" would be the greatest beneficiaries of any aircraft sale because they own a majority stake in Iran Air, the country's flag carrier. Three Republican congressmen from Illinois are urging the chief executive officer of the Chicago-based Boeing to put patriotism ahead of profits and not sell aircraft to Iran 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

But they say the beneficiaries of an aircraft sale would be Iran’s “despotic leaders.” Illinois lawmakers urge Boeing not to sell aircraft to Iran 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

The Silver trial revealed a despotic figure, more feared than loved by his subjects. The Man Who Terrifies Wall Street 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z

Bush gave similar relief to large groups of immigrants who were fleeing wars or despotic regimes. In last big test of Obama era, Supreme Court to take up immigration policy 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

They said Iran’s “despotic leaders” would be the greatest beneficiaries of any aircraft sale because they own a majority stake in Iran Air, the country’s flag carrier. Illinois lawmakers urge Boeing not to sell aircraft to Iran 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

Tax havens protect vulnerable people against despotic governments, unjust laws and political turmoil. Five myths about tax havens 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

“I want you to ask the despotic regime to grant me a public trial,” adding “even if the court is constructed the way that the potentates want.” Prisoner of the Ayatollahs 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z

Worse — we began to suspect that their tales of a cruel monarch and her despotic rule were not altogether untrue. Incursions : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z

Mr Harper spurned them as talking shops for despotic regimes. Trudeaumania 2 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

During a speech at the University of Yangon, the president called his visit a fulfillment of his 2009 inaugural vow to “extend a hand” to despotic regimes that unclench their fists. Obama’s plan to visit Cuba is reminiscent of opening to Burma 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Egypt is currently experiencing a prolonged moment of flux, one in which a democratic citizenry is haphazardly emerging within a despotic state that rejects the possibility of any such democracy existing. The future of the Egyptian revolution 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z

As long as Cuba stays poor and despotic, the tradition will thrive. The last wave 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z

But he is also playing a familiar psychological game with a neighbor that supplies his impoverished country’s food and energy and keeps his despotic regime alive. North Korea’s Strategy Puts Beijing in a Bind 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

In today’s world, which long ago became a global village, one would think that such despotic acts would attract notice and invite repercussions. What’s freedom worth? Less than 3 billion euros, apparently. 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

"It's despotic. It's not democratic, and we will protest against this. They control the police and the judiciary, so they can do whatever they want." Tear gas becomes the norm in Kosovo parliament as lawmakers protest Serbian ties 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

In his “Notes on the State of Virginia,” Jefferson writes that “the concentrating” of the legislative, executive and judicial powers “in the same hands, is precisely the definition of despotic government.” Clinton Is Already Vowing to Overreach 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z

In truly despotic places governments control history teaching completely. Why South Korea is rewriting its history books - BBC News 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z

After Jesus’s birth, Mary and Joseph fled with their refugee child to Egypt to avoid King Herod’s despotic rule. There's Nothing Christian About Blocking Non-Christian Refugees to the U.S. 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

It is that war that many analysts blame for rocking the despotic equilibrium of the Middle East and leading indirectly to the rise of the Islamic State. As campaign focus turns to foreign policy, Clinton points to her experience 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z

One observer found him “pathetic and tremendous,” another “despotic and insecure.” The Pope wanted Hitler dead: The secret story of the Vatican’s war to kill the Nazi despot 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z

He opposed Obama’s executive order on immigration by invoking “despotic executives” and “unaccountable monarchs.” Ted Cruz’s crazy “jackboot” talk: When inflammatory rhetoric starts getting dangerous 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z

People who have fled war or despotic regimes in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Eritrea and Sudan find themselves sleeping on cold, damp French soil, with only leaky plastic tents to shelter them from the elements. Tighter security in French port breeds growing defiance among refugees 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z

They reap what they sew with their despotic tendencies and no amount of our Jeffersonian democracy will placate an angry insurrection. ISIS Makes Gains in Syria Territory Bombed by Russia 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

Kim Jong Un, the despotic leader of impoverished North Korea, accepted a global statesperson award from Indonesia’s Sukarno Center on Thursday. Kim Jong Un Accepts a Statesperson Prize 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

The majority of inhabitants questioned by researchers over a two-month period between April and June were refugees fleeing war or despotic regimes in Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria and Eritrea, she said. Calais refugee camp conditions diabolical, says report 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z

I thought it would be so easy, given the news every day, to make a despotic fantasy in which everything is terrible, then it gets worse and ends horribly. Salman Rushdie: ‘It might be the funniest of my novels’ 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z

The latest military spat between the democratic South and the despotic North ended on August 25th after 43 hours of talks concluded with an agreement to have more. He shells, she shells 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

Most were from the impoverished and despotically ruled northeast African nation of Eritrea. Desperate Crossing 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

Standing in front of the school, now known as the National University of Mongolia, his likeness was for years vandalized with paint by detractors who regard his rule as despotic. Genghis Khan reigns anew as Mongolia replaces Communist-era statues 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z

He said the missions were hardly democratic and were at times "despotic," but that the Jesuit missionaries were highly capable men who taught the natives trades and how to read and write. Pope balances apology to indigenous for colonial abuse with praise for Jesuit missions 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z

The core political principles of the EU were always about escaping from Europe’s despotic past, of moving from its conflictual history and the horrors of Nazism towards a collective brotherhood of Europe. Bureaucrazies Versus Democracy 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

But it was never clear what Mr. Aziz had done personally to merit the charge, although he had clearly been a fervent supporter of a despotic and ruthless government. Tariq Aziz, Imprisoned Top Aide to Saddam Hussein, Dies at 79 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z

Religiously motivated anti-Assad rebels, for example, denounce the president’s supporters not as advocates of a despotic, violent regime, but as Shiite infidels. The Middle East’s long sectarian peace 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

We are witnessing the classic face-off between a young western democracy and a despotic old eastern empire, a narrative that goes back to ancient times. Putin Prepares To Reinvade As Saakashvili's Georgians Boots Ukraine's Democracy 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

One AP investigation cites that around 4,000 businesses in Crimea have been “nationalized”—meaning stolen by the despotic mafia that rules with impunity. One Year Later In Crimea: Polls Don't Tell The Whole Story 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z

Earlier, under Saddam Hussein’s despotic rule, the city was a sanctuary, home to tens of thousands of Christians. The New Exodus: Christians Flee ISIS in the Middle East 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

The great, white-domed behemoth has become a fortress of greed, ineptitude and blind power that despotic regimes around the world would kill for. CHARLES HURT: Capitol secured against taxpayers for lawmakers to act like spring break 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

“Don’t think I am very despotic,” he said. Platini: Change at top of FIFA is ‘important’ for football 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

They founded a government-sponsored women’s organization – but put the wives of its despotic generals in charge of it. A Lesson From Asia’s Unsung Female Activists 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z

For decades, as Michael Kwass has conclusively shown, the wealthy and super wealthy branded such efforts despotic; they used the resulting power struggles to their own, political ends. 3 Lessons from the French Revolution European Policymakers Should Keep in Mind 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

No one “recognized the depth of the fissures within Libyan society created by 42 years of Qaddafi’s despotic and psychologically damaging rule,” she wrote. U.N. Security Council to meet on Libya after Islamic State violence 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

The notion that U.S. support for despotic, disreputable regimes ends up fuelling radicalism is by now a familiar argument. Can Corruption Be Eradicated? 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z

He put in command his younger brother Raúl, a cruel, despotic little man with distinct Napoleonic tendencies. Quora Question: Fighting With—and Against—Castro and Che

Forget the Third World despotic nature of it. CHARLES HURT: Trashing the republic to save his party with immigration ‘reform’ 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

You—a Federation soldier named Welkin—command everything from engineers to snipers to tanks as you do battle against the wicked and despotic Empire. 'Valkyria Chronicles' Is Now Live On PC 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

And then you went on a despotic tirade that was about as terrifying as any words uttered by a sitting American president. CHARLES HURT: An open letter to Barack Obama 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

But his style seemed was far less despotic than that of some other African leaders, including President Robert G. Mugabe in neighboring Zimbabwe, with whom he cultivated friendly relations. Michael Sata, Sharp-Tongued President of Zambia, Dies at 77 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z

Haiti, he argued, drawing upon the racist theories of the French theorist Arthur de Gobineau, was best suited not for European-style democracy but for leadership of a despotic “African” kind. How Will Haiti Reckon with the Duvalier Years? 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

In terms the founders provided us, we are meant to be protected only from corrupt or despotic government. This is our new Constitution: How we fix gun rights, the Supreme Court, inequality — and foster true democracy 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z

No other part of the world is so actively resisting modernity and the core values of the United Nations as the despotic governments of the region. What Obama Should Say at the U.N. to Reinvigorate the Liberal Order 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

The law of unintended consequences kicks in: Will a worldwide fight against ISIS, one of Assad’s fiercest rivals, strengthen Assad’s despotic rule in Syria, which his neighbors, as well as America, have long deemed illegitimate? Iran, Syria and Other Assorted Challenges an Anti-ISIS Coalition Faces

In total this provides a level of choice completely at odds with the despotic singularity of vision of Apple under Jobs. Apple Watch: Everything You Need To Know 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z

He became fluent in Arabic, read passages of the Quran and “felt the suffering of those who live under despotic dictatorships, which is why he wanted to tell their stories,” Rabbi Terry Bookman said. Family mourns slain journalist in tearful service 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

Human Rights Council includes some of the most despotic nations, yet it judges Israel. Holding both Israelis and Palestinians to account

She sought a reimagination of the English teacher’s role: “Teaching writing must become more like coaching a sport and less like presenting information,” a joyful exploration unhindered by despotic traffic cops. The Fallacy of ‘Balanced Literacy’ 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z

I had come to realize that if he remained in office, he would create a divisive, despotic and sectarian government that would rip the country apart and devastate American interests. Why we stuck with Maliki — and lost Iraq

“Today’s debate is about whether we want to deepen Spain’s democracy or whether we want to continue with a system that is at times despotic.” Spanish Lawmakers Clear Way for King’s Abdication 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

Instead of taking effective action just short of this, the administration is doing little more than trying to feed besieged civilians while waiting for Syria’s despotic leader to surrender his illegal weapons. Our role since D-Day

“Edsel, the son of Sam Wo’s owner, began as a waiter and soon became the restaurant’s coming attraction — and for an unlikely reason: he was the rudest, most despotic waiter to ever walk the earth.” Why College Is Still Worth It and Other Fascinating News on the Web 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z

This time around, players will find themselves in the nation of Kyrat, deep in the Himalayan mountains, struggling against a despotic self-appointed king. 'Far Cry 4' Coming This Fall 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z

Then she gives her son a big slimy smooch on the lips; mother love never seemed so despotic or desperate. The Good, the Bad and the Mommy: Five Great Movie Mothers, and the Five Worst 2014-05-11T13:00:31Z

Kevin Durant hasn’t become so remote with stardom he seems interplanetary, and he doesn’t confuse his NBA prowess with despotic powers. Jenkins: Mother’s Day: Kevin Durant did more than thank Wanda Pratt; he showed what she had done 2014-05-09T18:22:06Z

There would have been no war without the US arming, training, and fighting on the side of the various despotic governments of South Vietnam. The burden of atrocity: How Vietnam was exposed as a “dirty war” 2014-05-02T22:57:00Z

"There is no rule that says if Israel and the Palestinians make peace, Iran is somehow going to dismantle its despotic regime or abandon its nuclear intentions." Britain's Cameron puts Iran on guard, sets out support for Israel 2014-03-12T15:30:29Z

America had lost the role of world price arbiter to OPEC, a cartel dominated by despotic regimes. The economics of shale oil: Saudi America 2014-02-13T15:59:49Z

Here, bowed and walking with a cane, was Kenneth Kaunda, the former president of Zambia, and Joaquin Chissano of Mozambique, and Robert G. Mugabe, still in power, despotically so, in Zimbabwe. Letter From Europe: Recalling the Other Heroes of the Anti-Apartheid Struggle 2013-12-12T12:49:47Z

Having lived in the Middle East gulf states where there are policies in place to support despotic regimes / monarchies, such guaranteed incomes provide little incentive for citizens to live productive lives. A government-guaranteed basic income: The cheque is in the mail 2013-11-19T17:19:48Z

Or is it despotic centralism in the way of Stalin and Hitler, the most recent, though far less cruel, variant being the Chinese one: state capitalism plus one-party rule? China's Coming Economic Slowdown 2013-10-26T00:57:05Z

Grim, impregnable, and despotic, it seemed destined to last forever. The Meaning Of Management: The Great Awakening 2013-09-16T12:46:00Z

He described the detention as a "despotic" attempt to intimidate him and others involved in reporting on British and U.S. surveillance programs. Use of UK terror law to detain reporter's partner 'a disgrace': lawyer 2013-08-19T21:05:36Z

It is probably more us than the ancient Romans who have invested in this particular version of despotic tyranny. Did Caligula deserve his bad reputation? 2013-07-29T07:12:58Z

Renaissance Italy, though in many ways one of the great ages of mankind, was also an age of despotic princes with vast treasure and unlimited power. The Prince's Man 2013-07-27T00:51:24Z

Power invoked the names of two former U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations, Jeane Kirkpatrick and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who had gained reputations for speaking forcefully against America’s adversaries and despotic governments. Samantha Power, at confirmation hearing, faults U.N. for ‘disgrace’ in Syria 2013-07-17T17:51:20Z

The despotic management practices that are causing the decline are anachronisms from a former era. The Meaning Of Management: The Great Awakening 2013-09-16T12:46:00Z

"This restores the state of hatred towards those European and American nations whose states always stand with despotic regimes against nations looking for freedom," he added. Brotherhood sees Egypt "coup" fuelling hatred of West 2013-07-06T23:13:26Z

Cancer is an unwelcome house guest that upends lives and despotically redefines a person’s sense of self, in its own image. Well: Keeping Cancer a Secret 2013-07-04T04:01:39Z

“The prime minister is trying, with threats and lies, to justify the culmination of his despotic policies, the closure of the state broadcaster,” the party’s leader, Alexis Tsipras, said. Greek Leaders to Meet in Effort to Save Government 2013-06-16T20:26:56Z

Supreme Court justices on Monday evening sought laughs rather than legal clarity as they weighed a tragic case concerning a despotic Roman general and his overbearing mother. U.S. justices play Shakespeare tragedy for laughs 2013-05-14T18:11:38Z

During the reign of Mubarak, drawings of the president himself were rare and cartoonists learned work-arounds to depict his despotic policies. Jon Stewart takes Egypt 2013-04-06T19:00:00Z

It is gathering support, she says, because they can be used as “digital weapons” by despotic regimes. Cyber-security: The digital arms trade 2013-03-27T16:07:10Z

Despite occasional hitches, the despotic regime of President Alexander Loukachenko in Belorussia is now effectively in the Russian orbit. Putin Isn't "Gaining Ground" Regardless of what Amir Taheri Says 2012-10-13T16:57:15Z

Like Half-Life 2, you’re a member of a resistance movement against a despotic government. 'Dishonored' Review - Part Two: Swordplay And Sorcery And Stealth, Oh My! 2012-10-09T19:55:55Z

In the other excerpt, the despotic conductor was just as assertive, but the violinists seemed to pay as much attention to themselves as they did to him. The science of conducting: Von Karajan was right 2012-09-06T15:03:14Z

“I thought they were quite crazy,” she says, knowing the civil-war-torn, multilingual, sometimes despotic territories that the scientists planned to traverse and the closed communities that they wanted to study. Science on the Silk Road: Taste for adventure 2012-08-15T17:21:12.587Z

Saudi Arabia and Qatar were described as “despotic oligarchies who kill peaceful protesters,” as though Bashar al-Assad won and kept the presidency through his ophthalmic skills. The U.N.’s Uselessness on Syria 2012-08-11T08:45:00Z

But this time their despotic behavior resulted in untimely death after they all contracted tuberculosis. The Joker's Wild: On the Ecology of Gun Violence in America 2012-07-26T16:45:05.863Z

News Corp is aggressively doing this through an enigmatic internal reorganization more typical of a troubled despotic regime – read Putin's Russia, or the current Chinese leadership imbroglio – than a transparent public company. Rupert Murdoch: is this the beginning of the end? Far from it 2012-07-23T17:08:00Z

Second, despite the rhetoric about spreading democracy that still lingers in Washington, building more lily pads actually guarantees collaboration with an increasing number of despotic, corrupt, and murderous regimes. Pentagon develops global base strategy 2012-07-16T13:34:00Z

I am not justifying the Assad regime — it is dictatorial, we know this, it is despotic, I understand. Russian Church Opposes Syrian Intervention 2012-06-01T02:51:34Z

“The people of the Arab Spring, when allowed to choose their own destiny, have voted against the despotic political vision of al-Qaeda,” McCants says. Letters from Abbottabad: Bin Laden's Bleak Final Days 2012-05-03T17:05:13Z

Happily for us, we have now a ruler who loves her subjects, whose sway is the very opposite of that despotic tyrant’s rule, who loved to imbrue his hands in the blood of contemporary princes. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z

No doubt despotic Governments have often exercised the most beneficial patronage in encouraging and rewarding poets, artists, and men of science. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z

Come, Count, we must obey the governor: see if he do not make himself as despotic here as his Majesty in Paris. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z

Ptolemais, indeed, enjoyed all the ordinary forms of self-government, but Alexandria was governed despotically by royal officials. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z

Sound finance is the sheet anchor of any Government, whether despotic or democratic. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z

Taking all these elements together, Hindooism must rank as the most despotic, the most cruel, and the vilest of all that is called religion among men. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z

It is true, nevertheless, that in countries governed despotically, the individual, unless he is obnoxious to the Government, enjoys far greater freedom, or rather licence, than in a country like England, which governs itself. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z

Such was the outcome of the efforts which, for two hundred and fifty years, the Church had unremittingly made to obtain despotic control over the human mind. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z

Men thought him more cruel and more despotic than he actually was. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z

Who had so much cause to fear that the rash and despotic proceedings which have taken place were aimed at him as I have had? Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z

According to tradition he was a man of tremendous will, which he enforced with arbitrary and despotic authority. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z

"What a rebel against authority you are for one so despotic yourself!" Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z

It would seem as if, down to this day, the people in most of these despotic countries had never known any other régime but one of unjust exaction and oppression. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z

It shews what mankind are—a selfish, exclusive, unfeeling, and despotic community. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z

In fact, Claud had been reluctantly torn from Edge Combe by his despotic sister, who, when she got to London, found that to choose a house without his assistance was quite an impossibility. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z

Though despotic in his rule Hiero was a liberal patron of literature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z

He was the son of Charles XI., a harsh and despotic prince. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z

Royalty bred in Saul what it bred in most kings of the East, an imperious temper, a despotic will. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z

In India a similar army was maintained by the despotic government of the East India Company. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z

To some of these men the condition of New York, where the State does hardly anything for the individual, would seem as distressing and objectionable as that of despotic Paris or even Constantinople. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z

You will find in every circle that etiquette holds some sway; her rule is despotic in some places, in others mild, and easily set aside. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z

Or for an end to doing business with despotic Saudi Arabia, or murderous Syria, or repressive Bahrain, or plenty of other unsavory places, including Russia, which has not entirely shaken its imperial ways. City Room: Deciding Foreign Policy in the Aisles of the Co-op 2012-03-29T13:19:22Z

But his jealous and in so far despotic temper could not but have had an evil effect on his people. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z

The long continuance of despotic government had gradually destroyed the active public spirit of which Stoicism was the expression. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z

"Give us," exclaimed M. Thiers in the French Chamber, three or four years ago, when Imperialism had reached the zenith of its despotic power—"give us liberty as in Austria!" Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z

He could govern, with almost despotic sway, a race unruly as the winds. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z

In an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z

The kings do not enjoy unlimited or despotic power, and even the generals command more by example than by authority. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z

A new despotic power, bearing alike on all classes, reduced them to an equality of servitude. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z

He would like to be idle, and perhaps to be despotic. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z

Their desire and determination is to invest the clergy with absolute despotic power over all Church of England Schools. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z

Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z

In its fall it reacted disastrously upon the Church, and has bequeathed to it the corrupt and despotic unity of Papal Rome. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z

To a certain extent, the Tien-wang was despotic in his government, for nothing could be undertaken without his special sanction. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z

Americans often have some kind of notion that the Aristocracy govern the country directly and despotically, with the high hand of imperious feudalism. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z

It was during that period that he first met Pavel and that his wife’s despotic uncle extorted a divorce from him. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z

The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn abhorrent. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z

Since despotic government depends on might alone, and the voice of the people has no influence, every person in any way related to the ruler represents a danger. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z

Will there not be an outcry against this as despotic and as a violation of the rights of the citizen? A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z

It cannot be like that of France, the throne of a Cæsar, a despotic institution claiming to exercise its despotism over the people by virtue of the will and delegated power of the people. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z

When Granvella retired the three great nobles continued to resist the introduction of the Spanish Inquisition and of Spanish despotic rule into the Netherlands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z

Even if General Booth prove himself equal to the occasion, the despotic nature of the management makes the success of the scheme precarious. Salvation Syrup; Or, Light On Darkest England 2012-03-14T02:00:28.613Z

Under the system of congressional legislation that now obtains, the laboring and producing classes are being rapidly reduced to a state of servitude that would grace the most despotic government. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z

Still, Panslavia occupies a conspicuous place even in the history of typography and literature, although our later periods have been dimmed by the intrusion of foreign or despotic princes. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 106, November 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-11T03:00:15.507Z

She had grown up in the belief that his despotic guardianship was altogether for her good and not to be disputed. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z

Paracelsus was perhaps one of the most singular enthusiasts that ever swayed the schools of medicine, or assumed a despotic stand in science. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z

The necessity of expending this labor placed the money volume of any country beyond the control of the kings and conquerors who, in the primitive periods of society, exercised despotic sway over their subjects. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z

His property is taken from him by what can only be termed a superior, despotic, power, and appropriated without his consent for the benefit of a private corporation. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z

Wherever there was a majority in favor of slavery," writes the Count of Paris, "public opinion behaved despotically to the minority. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z

Every year he became more overbearing and despotic; every year added to the total of discontent. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z

They had no rulers, properly speaking; each house-father was a despotic prince in his own house, and lived alone upon his territory, just that he might be free and rule his realm independently. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z

The despotic Prussian system welcomed the great philosopher as its defender. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z

Such taxation can be imposed by no other government than a despotic one, where the will of the despot is the supreme law, and where might rather than right is the controlling power. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z

Gabrielle, though she felt nettled at being taken despotically in hand, and thrust aside, was not prepared to interfere, for manifestly the arrangements were for the good of the darlings. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z

Indeed, there are few things in which the empire of fashion is more absolute, and more despotic. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z

But outside his own family the high-priest ruled with almost despotic power. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z

The Khan of each tribe is practically its despotic ruler, and every tribesman is bound to hold himself at his disposal. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z

Indeed, the old despotic maxim, "The king can do no wrong," that his acts cannot be questioned, seems to have descended to these monopolies. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z

You must be despotic and prompt, and your policy must not vibrate. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z

He ruled with an iron hand, but though despotically, yet on the whole wisely and well. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z

In short, the mere overthrow of a despotic government does not assure stable political institutions nor efficient administration of public affairs. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z

It will rescue California from the control of a single corporation, from the government of an oligarchy united, watchful, despotic, and vindictive. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z

That court has engaged in judicial legislation, and fastened upon the people a despotic government, with railroad corporations as their rulers. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z

For so despotic a character, the Housekeeper had a surprisingly feminine capacity for hysterics, of which she made the most the night of the fire. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z

The injustice of despotic rulers is exemplified in the fable of the Kite and the Wolf. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z

The South American struggle for self-government and free ideals has been a long, bloody, and heroic grapple with the reactionary and despotic forces brought over from mediæval Europe. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z

INDIANAPOLIS– Like a despotic ancient empire, the N.F.L. carves its oppressive iconography into the very face of the cities it conquers. The Fifth Down: Everything Indy: The Invastion of the Roman Numerals 2012-01-30T18:41:52Z

So strong is their aversion to despotic power," says the author, "that force will never do; they will yield to nothing but persuasion. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z

Hence, in the middle ages, this custom was frequent, and is yet, in most oriental despotic countries. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z

This struck me as the natural consequence of their long subjection to despotic power. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z

His temper changed, and he grew severe, suspicious, intolerant, and despotic. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z

We notice the entirely despotic power of the husband over the wife, and all belonging to her. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z

During half of the day he was more despotic than he had ever been, but later he seemed very tired; he slept in his aunt's arms all the way home. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z

You must: you was witness to the glow of animation that reigned despotic over every lovely feature when she had got a pair-royal of braggers in her snowy fingers. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z

The king, George the Third, was a dull, obstinate man, disposed to be despotic. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z

He has never been delivered from the superstition that "the sense of justice is the bedrock of the Puritan soul"—the Puritan soul, narrow, despotic, cruelly unjust! The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z

The whole country was divided up into territories over which the feudal chiefs reigned as absolute and despotic kings. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z

But Melancholy's glooms assail my breast, For potent nature reigns despotic here;— A nation ruin'd, and a world oppress'd, Might rob the boldest Stoic of a tear. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z

And was his father, the most despotic and violent of baronets, and very much dipt, likely to listen to sentimental twaddle pleading against a hundred thousand a year? Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z

The older and livelier of the two had the name of Pistola, and treated his companion in despotic fashion, bullying him with kicks and cuffs when the Colonel's back was turned. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z

The Netherlands had risen against the Austrians, and in January 1790 had declared themselves independent; Hungary, angered by Joseph’s despotic measures, was in revolt, and the other parts of the monarchy were hardly more contented. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z

This action of Government weakened the ranks of its supporters among the Hungarian magnates, who thus found themselves exposed to the charge of being more despotic than the Cabinet of Metternich itself. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z

Are these too few?—then see despotic power Spends on a throne of logs her busy hour. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z

"Is not Don Pedro Miranda here?" asked Pe�a, now at his ease, and resuming the despotic military air peculiar to him. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z

Evidently the memory of some despotic nurse was rankling. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z

If it exists in the head of a family, every member of it will be despotic according to the degree of power of some other member or members. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z

Napoleon, while he despised the inefficient government of the Directory, was by no means willing that the despotic Bourbons should crush the spirit of liberty in France. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z

Can they whom half the world admires, can they Be advocates for vile despotic sway? The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z

If production, as in despotic countries, were principally labouring that some men might wear cloth of gold whilst others went naked, then we should say that production was exclusively for the rich oppressor. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z

Thus, no matter how despotic he became, he and his marshals and new-made kings were the most terrible democracy. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z

For he is a king, or rather a despotic emperor; he holds complete control over his subjects and compels them to do whatever he wishes. Memoirs of Mrs. Rebecca Steward 2011-12-24T03:07:54.433Z

Napoleon performed another act at this time, which drew down upon him a very heavy load of obloquy from the despotic governments of Europe, but which must secure the approval of every generous mind. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z

Subjected to despotic sway, Compelled all mandates to obey, Once in this dome I humbly bowed, A member of the murmuring crowd, Where Pedro Blanco held his reign, The tyrant of a small domain. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z

There have been innumerable obstacles to the extension of knowledge since the days when books were written on the papyrus—obstacles equally raised up by despotic blindness and popular ignorance. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z

He was found guilty again and sent back to his cell; but the despotic power of the press was demonstrated. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z

Kings shivered on their thrones and despotic governments trembled. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z

But, on the other hand, a dog may easily receive too much discipline; he becomes like the child of a despotic father. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z

The mother of Guido, a proud, avaricious woman, who governed the household despotically, took to stinting it even in the necessary food. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z

In despotic countries, that insecurity is produced by the tyranny of one. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z

We shall find that this kingdom was not without its warlike races and priestly families, that Zariaçpa and Bactria were the centres of it, and that the sovereigns attained despotic power. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z

The religious houses are suppressed, the schools of divinity reduced, the priesthood almost starved, because France is determined to keep the Pope on his despotic throne. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z

In the end a second constitution, partly framed by Grey himself, was granted them, and Grey, after eight years of despotic but successful rule, was transferred to Cape Colony. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z

Their hopes of finding fortune had been but a youthful dream, and had ended in making them prisoners to a wild and despotic savage. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z

In his youth he had been as despotic as Agatha; but he was an old man now, and weary; and his daughter overawed him. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z

The public offices were used to support additional taxation, and to strengthen the despotic rule of the Captain-General. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z

It must be admitted that Frederick offered no very determined resistance to his mother's despotic will, however. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z

I said; and the cook, who was despotic master of his own domain, jerked his thumb over his shoulder in the direction of the house. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z

The political system appears to have been a despotic monarchy, and the realm of the monarch to have extended to far wider limits than those of the “city-states” of historical Greece. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z

As in other respects, so in this, he governed the family with nearly despotic power. Socialism 2011-11-27T03:00:13.337Z

This power was exercised whenever he felt that the councils were growing too liberal in their ideas and actions, and enabled him to exercise a despotic power and coerce public opinion. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z

The enemies in his camp multiplied, for his increasingly despotic rule gave them abundance of grievances. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z

"The concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government." Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z

He could suspend or remove any official, and in fact was almost despotic. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z

I do not apprehend that the present Executive of the United States will assume despotic powers. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z

For as I wish my country's welfare I could not second an illegal, arbitrary, despotic government that is annihilating our land. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z

This is also partly true even under governments more or less despotic, where the will of the ruler, not of the ruled, is made the basis of law. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z

The heavy expenses of the war in the Netherlands and with Turkey led to a despotic method of obtaining pecuniary supplies. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z

All these authorities exercised despotic power, and certainly ill-treated and robbed their own countrymen who did not desire to join them, far more than the Spaniards have ever done in the worst of times. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z

If Nature is to rule despotically, there is obviously no place for a constitutional limitation of her sole power by the effective counsel and protests of Reason. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z

He wrote in 1836 a notable criticism of the despotic administration of Tacon, and an analysis of the condition in which Cuba found herself under such government. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z

For twenty years his despotic rule gave peace and security to the Eastern world. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z

These questions are the direct outcome of modern popular government; they are equally unknown to the small democracies of ancient times and to despotic governments at all times. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z

Their government, like that of all other barbarous nations, was despotic, and the nobles were less numerous and more tyrannical than in Poland. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z

It was not to be himself as a private individual who opposed his wrongs against despotic power, but the people of France found through him a voice crying aloud for vengeance. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z

The power of the Emperor over the laws of the country as well as over the lives of the people, was perfectly despotic. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z

The papa and mamma could only take their meals, rest, and exercise at such times and in such manner as the despotic infant permitted. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z

The rule of the prince over two distinct nations in the same land was necessarily despotic; the old Teutonic freedom was necessarily lost. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z

Up in the Blue Realm U Klew continued his despotic and arrogant sway, while his gentle and noble wife spared no pains to gratify his every wish. Folk-Tales of the Khasis 2011-11-01T02:00:19.730Z

In the presence of a stranger, too, this filial crime was revealed; a despotic passion had made him thus guilty. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z

If the act of Henry VIII. in England was unjust and cruel, it was matched both in boldness and wickedness by the despotic decree of the unrelenting Charles of Spain. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z

In fact, I suspect that he is of the Helston order of men—rigid, despotic, and self-willed. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z

Louis XIV., a despotic monarch, with as yet unexhausted resources, had it within his power to strike first. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z

The Kukis are strictly monarchical, and their chiefs are absolutely despotic, and may murder or sell their subjects into slavery without a murmur of dissent. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z

La mode and its tyranny approach somewhat to the sense, but still it remains unintelligible to us Germans, because we have no idea of the capricious, silly, and despotic laws of fashion in England. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z

Several Mexican states rose independently against the despotic act. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z

He had scant sympathy with local privileges, and in fighting them his conduct was doubtless despotic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z

Through success in managing their affairs, he gradually increased his usefulness to the buccaneers until he obtained complete control over them, and ruled them as despotically as a tribal chieftain. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z

Under Captain Butler they did good service, and would have gone anywhere when led by him.1 The Cacharees were governed formerly by a race of despotic chiefs. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z

Never had this absolute master exercised a more despotic power; this pitiless god seemed to place his iron thumb on the eyes of the prisoner, and to close them by force. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z

In 1661 and 1662, the despotic conduct of the Spaniards to the Indians stirred up sedition in the south as well as at the north. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z

For the last fifty years, "Offensive" Imperialism has been the German despotic Imperialism. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z

It cannot be denied, perhaps, that a reforming spirit was wanted in that country; their government was not more despotic, than their church was superstitious and corrupt. Considerations on Religion and Public Education 2011-10-19T02:00:19.747Z

单词	despotic
例句	despotic Compared to the despotic societies that were the norm in Europe and Asia, Haudenosaunee was a libertarian dream. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z The guns seemed to address this country, which invented the streets that secured them with despotic police, in its primary language—violence. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “At this rate," he concluded, “you'll not only be the most despotic and bloody dictator in our history, but you'll shoot my dear friend Úrsula in an attempt to pacify your conscience." One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z In its more extreme forms it relegates personal rights and liberties to the higher authority of the state, which is “us” and not “them,” and it therefore has both communal and despotic implications. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The well-known face was there: stern, relentless as ever—there was that peculiar eye which nothing could melt, and the somewhat raised, imperious, despotic eyebrow. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The chairs, the carpet, the tables—all had rotted away; they sagged in mutual ruin, victims of the despotic force of time. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Now I never had, as the reader knows, either given any formal promise or entered into any engagement; and this language was all much too hard and much too despotic for the occasion. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z His chest heaved once, as if his large heart, weary of despotic constriction, had expanded, despite the will, and made a vigorous bound for the attainment of liberty. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But significant mission drift followed the resolution of season one’s conflict between our heroes and the despotic post-apocalyptic Monroe Republic. The show mustn't go on: the TV dramas that didn't know when to quit 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z Built from 1689 by William and Mary, after they deposed the despotic and Catholic James II, this is a palace for a pair of constitutional monarchs. My best bit of historic Britain: historians' and authors' top tips 2012-08-17T21:45:07Z As the matriarch of our heaving, multi-generational family, she had always helmed the kitchen with an efficient, if somewhat despotic, hand. Love in the Time of Numbness; or, Doctor Chekhov, Writer 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z All of a sudden she felt despotically maternal. Wilderness by Sarah Hall 2013-03-18T13:22:56Z Early evidence suggests King Nerd is every bit as ruthless, every bit as despotic as the odious he-men who once gave him wedgies in gym class. When the alpha nerds kicked ass 2010-12-16T22:01:00Z “The list goes all the way from ‘generous man,’ ‘wonderful company,’ ‘a great organizer’ to ‘poisoner,’ ‘cruel’ and ‘despotic,’ all the worst adjectives you can think of. Plum Role: History?s Ultimate Godfather 2011-03-25T20:53:57Z He sets the scene with verses about his childhood crush and his despotic history teacher, then moves on to his own teaching career at a progressive Peterborough comp. Mark Grist – Edinburgh festival review 2012-08-24T14:20:48Z You wouldn’t have known it from the American broadcast, but 1944 was a highly controversial song because its subject was the deportation of Crimean Tatars from Russia at the hands of the despotic Joseph Stalin. Why the US embrace of Eurovision is good news for planet Earth 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Perhaps this is what it means to write under the watch of a despotic regime constantly scouring the Internet for forbidden ideas. Review \| Banned in China, Sheng Keyi’s ‘Death Fugue’ is a pungent political satire 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z "Let us simply say," Orwell wrote, "that this control is despotic and, to put it plainly, self-interested." The ruins of empire: Asia's emergence from western imperialism 2012-07-27T07:00:04Z The despotic god of Red China was blessing the visit of an American whose whole career had been built on Red baiting. A Witness Sees History Restaged and Rewritten 2011-02-11T19:47:04Z But such physical articulation is revealed to be inseparable from a ruler whose emotionally despotic treatment of Isabella is shown in bold relief. Review: Judi Dench Brings Titania to Life Again 2010-02-23T11:35:00Z But Lenny’s despotic machinations are complicated by the fact that he might very well also be a saint, albeit one with a nefarious moral code. A Man Without Qualities: HBO’s “The Young Pope” 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z Gary Shteyngart and Jonathan Lethem, in their new novels, to name just two examples, sent pilgrims out into an America that seemed vastly colder and more despotic. Times Critics Discuss the Year in Books, From Triumphs to Disappointments 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z He said it was something that “can never be restrained but by despotic governments.” No monument for Madison. But one of his legacies is freedom of the press. 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Because of the "despotic obstinacy" that he also recognizes in his son, he can't even wear a party hat on New Year's Eve. Lionel Shriver: rereading Mr Bridge by Evan S Connell 2013-02-15T18:30:01Z Since 1896, Oscar Wilde’s “Salome” has provided opportunities for lush decadence — and who could object? — with its despotic voluptuary King Herod and the petulant title character. \| 'Salome': Best Way Not to Win a Pious Man?s Heart? Dance of the Seven Veils 2011-07-15T23:40:06Z In one best-selling novel after another, he drew on bitter memories, particularly of his despotic and abusive father, a Marine Corps fighter pilot. Pat Conroy, best-selling author of ‘Great Santini’ and ‘Prince of Tides,’ dies at 70 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z He doesn’t want to build an empire or amass wealth or any of the usual despotic bad-guy things. What if superheroes aren’t really the good guys? 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z Witnessing the transaction but not recognizing Danielle, Henry is delighted by her assertiveness — and her ability to quote Thomas More’s “Utopia” by way of admonishing him for his kingdom’s despotic ways. Review: ‘Ever After,’ a Slipperless Cinderella Tale, at the Paper Mill Playhouse 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z He supplies untraceable Web hosting to an assortment of incompatible clients, from Islamists to communists to feminists, whoever wants to evade detection by the region’s despotic authorities. “Alif the Unseen”: Hacker meets Jinn 2012-07-01T22:00:00Z Every day, a new despotic director, Kim Jong Un, produces fresh installments in the planet's most frightful franchise of human suffering. 'A Kim Jong-Il Production' times it right, post-Sony hacking 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z One side was a despotic empire that suppressed the most basic human needs and desires; the other was a collection of democracies that, however corrupt and imperfect, sought to enhance human freedom. Perspective \| John le Carré didn’t just invent the characters in the foreground of the spy world. He designed the entire set. 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z Defensively, the Dutch claimed to have rid the island of despotic kings and pointed to a once-flourishing local slave trade as evidence of native barbarism. Art Review: A Storied Paradise, Tempered by Reality 2011-05-30T21:33:34Z Like many composers of his time, Chausson labored under the anxious influence — what he called the “ardent and despotic inspiration” — of Wagner. A King Arthur Rarity Is an Apt Way to Return to the Opera 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z DeVito, who won an Emmy for his turn as the despotic dispatcher in "Taxi," currently stars in the FX comedy "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia." Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman split after 30-year marriage 2012-10-08T18:51:45Z Ms Marvel would have perhaps already resorted to violence: her signature move involves enlarging her fists and whacking despotic opponents. 'I feel joy': how Bisha K Ali went from struggling standup to Marvel maestro 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z In this brutal but grimly comic piece, a despotic father keeps his adult children imprisoned at home and systematically misinformed about the outside world and the meanings of everyday words. Yorgos Lanthimos, director of The Lobster, on his wild, star-studded life of Queen Anne 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z Seyfried plays Holmes as earnest, driven, vulnerable and hypercritical before she turns chilly, manipulative and despotic. Hollywood Bets Big on the Bad Entrepreneur 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Barry’s wife and children are supposed to be foils, innocents abroad who serve as the viewer’s avatar in an unfamiliar, despotic world. Adam Rayner Stars in ‘Tyrant,’ a Thriller on FX 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z With news of the Middle East dominated by suicide bombers, violence and despotic leaders, Akyol worries that it's easy to get the wrong idea about his religion. Seeds of Arab Spring sown in Islam's past, author says 2011-07-14T18:31:10Z It's a truth universally assumed that today's conductors differ from their despotic forebears. Tom Service on today's orchestra conductors 2010-06-30T21:30:00Z Kaschei, traditionally a nondancing grotesque who despotically holds his realm in terrified thrall, is here a vain, highly mobile figure of bizarre glamour with black robes, green gloves and green headdress. Dance Review: Ratmansky’s ‘Firebird,’ for American Ballet Theater 2012-06-12T22:16:25Z Her despotic, dentally challenged Minister Mason in “Snowpiercer” was originally supposed to be a man. Tilda Swinton's Many Sets of False Teeth 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z In “Mincemeat Seesaw,” one of the earliest poems in the volume, Sutherland directly addresses the reader: “I am relying/ just elsewhere on despotic brutalism/ as are you,/ ink pig.” A Radical Poet in the Age of Google and Guantánamo 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z But she also captures the Chinese state at its most arbitrary and despotic, disregarding the rule of law and international human rights conventions to which it is a signatory. Inside the Documentary ‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry’ 2012-07-20T21:04:05Z The only country you could imagine her as president of would be a despotic narcostate, the kind that DeLaria, having a ball in the role, suggests is not much different than ours. Review: In a Gleeful ‘POTUS,’ White House Enablers Gone Wild 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z I knew she was parodying a despotic regime, which deserved to be held up for ridicule. White people: Don’t get offended on Margaret Cho’s behalf 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq was despotic, oppressive, criminal and worse. Review: ‘Homeland: Iraq Year Zero’ Chronicles a War-Torn Family 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Indeed, the sixth season amplifies Inaros' despotic, abusive nature and the way he twists his son's psyche.The same dynamics play into the relationship between the 45th president and his inept, dull-witted children. On its final run, "The Expanse" serves a last supper for we who continue to for our humanity 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z We thrill at the weirdness of the heretic king Akhenaten and all his works, but do not question what it is like to live under a despotic, fanatical ruler.” Books of The Times: Abrupt Regime Change in Egypt Is Nothing New. Just Ask Thutmose III. 2011-03-28T22:49:02Z America through the Crooked lens is a grand experiment, ever more perfect and expansive, but endangered by ancient prejudices, persistent injustices and a despotic dunce in the White House. The battle in your ear buds: The bros of political podcasting and their quest to reinvent punditry 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Active resistance is necessary because it is the moral and political indifference of demoralized, self-seeking citizens that normalizes despotic power. Václav Havel’s Lessons on How to Create a “Parallel Polis” 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Domingo continues work on Sophocles’ second play, putting on the crown as King Creon, and suddenly Autumn becomes a real-life Antigone, railing against his despotic rule. How ‘Sophocles in Staten Island’ Gains in Translation 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z Both are rooted in the despotic attitudes that the Federalist Society has bred in its hand-picked judges. "Like erecting a dam with a chain link fence": Supreme Court refuses to get why people hate them 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z They had been considered enemies of the state by the despotic regime of President Ferdinand Marcos for their involvement in the Communist Party. Nelia Sancho, Beauty Queen Turned Political Activist, Dies at 71 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z Zhou Fengsuo, a student leader in the Tiananmen Square protest movement, said that Hong Kong is now under the same “despotic rule” as the mainland. Hong Kong Remembered the Tiananmen Massacre, Until It Couldn’t 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z Jefferson complained of “useless judges” and described the judiciary as “a despotic branch.” Supreme Court Criticism 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z According to the Zhou, the Shang rulers over time had grown despotic, ruining the lives of their subjects and squandering the bountiful resources of China. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z They all are being punished by despotic regimes for nothing more than posting or reposting something on social media. Opinion \| They clicked once. Then came the dark prisons. In the lab, though, the highest ranking males form particularly despotic regimes. When alpha mice are trounced by weaklings, they spiral into depression 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z In a growing genre of movies inspired by the #MeToo movement, two very different films stand out: “Women Talking” and “Tár,” a portrait of a despotic, world-famous conductor heading for a fall. Your Thursday Briefing 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z Those final words made clear that, for many Republicans, particularly in the House, the moral argument for supporting a democratic nation against a despotic invader is not a sufficient rationale for U.S. action. Opinion \| The budget deal reflects Senate Republican fears of the new GOP House 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z Short of that, Israel will be a despotic theocracy. In Israel, Netanyahu's extremist new government rips off the mask 2022-12-17T05:00:00Z But the truth — obvious to all of Iranian society — is that the despotic clerics are the ones who are afraid. Opinion \| In Iran, protesters are executed. The regime is losing the people. 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z Prisoner swaps between democracies and despotic regimes are rarely equal. Opinion \| Trading Brittney Griner for an arms dealer was a good deal 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z In Shanghai, some even shouted the banners’ most radical demand: “Remove the despotic traitor Xi Jinping!” China’s Protest Prophet 2022-12-07T05:00:00Z During the congress, a lone man protested on the Sitong Bridge in northwest Beijing, unfurling a banner denouncing Mr. Xi as a “despotic traitor.” After Xi’s Coronation, a Roar of Discontent Against His Hard-line Politics 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z A role model in the worst way, his trolling and despotic workplace practices have set the tone for a grass-roots insurrection inside the internet’s so-called town square. Commentary: $44 billion can buy Twitter, but it can't buy respect 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z This month, a demonstrator unfurled two banners on a highway overpass in Beijing, denouncing Xi Jinping as a “despotic traitor.” Your Tuesday Briefing: Rishi Sunak to Lead Britain 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z A young Chinese woman started chanting slogans made popular by the Bridge Man: “Students, workers, let’s strike. Depose the despotic traitor Xi Jinping.” A Lonely Protest in Beijing Inspires Young Chinese to Find Their Voice 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z It has become increasingly unpopular and is viewed as weak, corrupt and despotic. With Putin, Palestinian leader rules out US role as mediator 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Unchecked legislatures, he warned, could be as despotic as unchecked monarchs. Quit fawning over the royals: The British monarchy is a tool of class war and white supremacy 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z James Hamilton, who served as governor of South Carolina in the early 1830s, denounced the “despotic majority that oppresses us.” U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Reinvigorated and clad in a saffron dhoti, Ram exacts revenge on the despotic British governor with the help of his burly friend Bheem, who bears a resemblance to the Hindu god Hanuman. As India marks its first 75 years, Gandhi is downplayed, even derided 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z If Saied gets his way, Tunisia could send an ominous signal to the rest of the Middle East and North Africa, where despotic rulers remain entrenched. Opinion \| Tunisia’s constitutional referendum represents a dark day for democracy 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z In a Facebook post, Ms. Carlson cited a portion of the Declaration of Independence that said it was a duty to “throw off” despotic governments. A North Dakota City Attracted a Corn Mill. Then Came Questions About Its Chinese Owners. 2022-07-17T04:00:00Z Demanding justice for Jamal also served the larger goal of deterring atrocities by despotic regimes subsidized by U.S. taxpayers. Opinion \| Biden’s fist bump with MBS was a crass betrayal 2022-07-16T04:00:00Z That L traced back to a man named Oswaldo Payá, a Cuban activist who defied Fidel Castro’s despotic regime and ultimately lost his life for the cause. Review \| The legacy for which this Cuban dissident fought is still unfolding 2022-07-01T04:00:00Z I look upon the Espionage Law as a despotic enactment in flagrant conflict with democratic principles and with the spirit of free institutions … Right-wing snowflakes love to whine about free speech — this socialist went to jail for it 2022-05-29T04:00:00Z The Founders were concerned that people who owned little property or no property at all may at some point comprise a large, despotic voting bloc. Inequality critical for success of American democracy 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The national bank extracted so much and returned so little that Haitians quickly called it “the financial Bastille,” equating it with the notorious prison that became a symbol of a despotic French monarchy. How a French Bank Captured Haiti 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z But as Ukrainians plan for the next few years, they should consider the examples of South Korea and West Germany — which became wildly successful democracies in the shadow of unfinished wars and despotic adversaries. Opinion \| The time is now to plan for the aftermath of war in Ukraine 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “At the international level, democracies are being weakened by the asymmetry between open societies and despotic regimes that control their media and online platforms while waging propaganda wars against democracies.” Free-press roundup: ‘Digital siege,’ statehouse coverage and more 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z It is hard to find a more despotic regime than Saudi Arabia, or one more hostile to the press, but I digress. Is free speech a casualty of the Ukraine war? America's commissars crack down on dissent 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z As Vladimir Putin vows to continue his genocidal invasion of Ukraine, investigators at the Treasury Department and Justice Department are scrambling to seize Russian yachts, mansions and the other spoils of his despotic regime. Opinion \| $100 Billion. Russia’s Treasure in the U.S. Should Be Turned Against Putin. 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z Ukranians have put up a valiant fight to defend their country against the merciless assault waged by despotic Russian President Vladimir Putin. Column: From Kyiv to Palisades Charter High, a 14-year-old refugee starts over 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Virginians James Madison and Thomas Jefferson feared these measures would endanger liberty by creating a corrupt and despotic government that favored urban commerce over agriculture. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “We do not want a huge informational black hole within a despotic superpower.” Perspective \| What you can do to help save Ukraine from a looming news apocalypse 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z As the number of autocracies around the world is rising and that of democracies shrinking, we are witnessing a tragic struggle between a despotic regime and a nascent democracy. Opinion \| Hostility toward Russians living in the U.S. is a shocking display of misguided prejudice 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z “A sovereign European nation is being attacked & innocent people are dying for no reason other than a despotic leader decided he misses the glory days of Russia,” Gad tweeted the day Putin launched his invasion. 'Frozen' star Idina Menzel to Ukrainian girl singing 'Let It Go': 'We see you' 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z But even though Bush visited Russia more than any other country - including, as a personal favour, two trips in 2002 to Putin's home city, St Petersburg - the Russian leader was already displaying dangerously despotic tendencies. Ukraine crisis: The free world fights back against Putin 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z Just over a decade has passed since social media played the role of great liberator, connecting the youth of the Arab world in uprisings against their despotic rulers. A Surge of Unifying Moral Outrage Over Russia’s War 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Russia seems to see nothing wrong with its destructive, despotic system. Opinion \| Russian Olympic abuses keep happening. When will child athletes be protected? 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z Still, Lee said he wouldn’t be one to fight a despotic government. 1 in 3 Americans say violence against government can be justified, citing fears of political schism, pandemic 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z Fresh ideas are needed for how to effectively struggle for free thinking and an open society under despotic rule, as the Belarus Free Theatre admirably did for so long. Opinion \| An underground theater troupe flees Belarus, but the fight for democracy goes on 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z At the same time, a former president and other leaders on the right are urging their followers to believe that they are living under despotic rule. Opinion \| Trump supporters’ logic of political violence should alarm us all 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z We learn the emperor has decided to remove Dune’s despotic royal overlords the Harkonnens and replace them with Paul’s family, royal overlords who are presumably somewhat less evil. Denis Villeneuve navigates the thorny criticisms around ‘Dune’ 2021-10-20T04:00:00Z The more despotic an autocratic regime becomes, the more it resorts to censorship, coercion, force and terror to cope with its endemic and often irrational paranoia. America's fate looks bleak: Will it be oligarchy or autocracy? 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z The bleakest news has been the triumph of a despotic, fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. Opinion \| It’s been a bleak summer for democracy and civil society worldwide. It’s time to turn it around. 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z The scene, in its mix of the despotic and mundane, recalls “Paranoia,” from Sayrafiezadeh’s 2013 collection “Brief Encounters With the Enemy.” Review: In 'American Estrangement,' dark stories about the dystopias inside us all 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z Instead of “Nazi” or “fascist,” how about “tyrannical,” “autocratic,” “coercive,” “despotic” or “dictatorial,” just for starters? Opinion \| Tossing around ‘Nazi’ and ‘fascist’ as insults is reckless and historically illiterate 2021-07-11T04:00:00Z As a 17-year-old at Mandalay University, he tried to form a student union, something that had been banned during the despotic rule of Gen. Ne Win. This Lawyer Loses Most of His Cases. And He’s Proud of It. 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z But living in truth in a despotic system is the supreme act of defiance. Revisiting the case of Julian Assange and the reality of the "rule of law" 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z "The fight against this despotic regime is the fight against oppression and the fight against terrorism. And this is a public duty to fight against this regime," Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a televised speech. Iran's Khamenei says fight against Israel is a public duty 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z To others he was a despotic tyrant who succumbed to the British at Waterloo. Before death in exile, Napoleon fought to save his legacy 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z Despised minority groups living in despotic regimes are not likely to get vaccines. Global Vaccine Equity Is Much More Important Than ‘Vaccine Passports’ 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Generally the more despotic the system, the more wealth inequality exists, Prufer added. Maya ruins in Belize offer peek at ancient wealth inequality 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z No country had more to gain than Libya, which had endured four decades of despotic rule by Moammar Gaddafi. Libya risks losing control of its destiny as planeloads of fighters and arms flood the country A peaceful transfer of power — a core characteristic of democracy — has validated U.S. safeguards against the emergence of despotic rule, which for decades has been a lesson to other democracies. After attack on the U.S. Capitol, some wonder about the state of democracy around the world 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z The “average white person,” Mr. Gonzalez added, may associate socialism with Nordic countries, but to Asian and Hispanic migrants it recalls despotic “left-wing regimes.” With Trench Warfare Deepening, Parties Face Unsettled Electoral Map 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Will Republican politicians and Republican judges — assuming there is still a distinction between the two — stop this despotic fraudster from extinguishing our tradition of republican democracy? Opinion \| The only priority now is to stop a selfish president from demolishing our democracy 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z The mega-pastors, narcissists who rule despotic, cult-like fiefdoms, make millions of dollars by using this heretical belief system to prey on the despair and desperation of their congregations, victims of neoliberalism and deindustrialization. The politics of cultural despair: That's what's killing us, not Donald Trump 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z In the years that followed, Ngugi’s writing would become politically charged, concerned with the awakening of Kenya’s underclass and its confrontation with oppressive, despotic regimes. How the SoCal coast inspired a legendary author's feminist Kenyan epic 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Tactically, that is far preferable for him than focusing on the rapidly deteriorating circumstances of the American people, who are dying in droves as a consequence of his despotic indifference to the ravages of COVID. Will Biden and Trump even discuss the worsening inequality that got us here? 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z In India in 1975, Indira Gandhi, found guilty of electoral malpractice, declared a state of emergency that granted her despotic powers. Opinion \| Salman Rushdie: I’ve seen dictators rise and fall. Beware, America. 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Referring to the despotic leaders of Iraq, Syria and Libya, he said: “Saddam. Bashar. Qaddafi. They all did this.” CIA veterans who monitored crackdowns abroad see troubling parallels in Trump’s handling of protests 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z As late as 1934, he privately admitted in reference to Irish politics: “I find myself constantly urging the despotic rule of the educated classes as the only end to our troubles.” 'Things fall apart': the apocalyptic appeal of WB Yeats's The Second Coming 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z And it’s the sort of clamor that despotic leaders use to sow confusion, division and distraction. Opinion \| Trump’s signal is his noise. Stop trying to distinguish between the two. 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z The second is "elected monarchs who exercise a despotic power" — that's closer. Is Donald Trump a tyrant? It depends — Euripides would say no, but Aristotle might say yes 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z Twitter and Facebook being praised for its ability to bring down despotic governments, not undermine democratic elections or facilitate genocide. Yes, I know we're living in a Black Mirror episode. I still want dystopian TV, though \| Jessa Crispin 2020-05-11T04:00:00Z Or when the U.S. government in the 1970s clung to the ever more despotic acting Shah of Iran. The Ayatollah in the White House 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z The failures of Venezuela and Iran to cope with the coronavirus are primarily the fault of their own despotic regimes. Opinion \| Don’t let Trump’s failures at home distract you from his failures abroad 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The counterrevolutionary stability of French society ended up being secured by a despotic buffoon — this might sound familiar — who relied on conservative ideology and the support of the peasantry for his election and subsequent coup. Bernie Sanders' campaign proved that organizing around class interests works 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z “He’s despotic, offensive many times,” one of his legal adversaries, Milton S. Gould, said in 1977, “but he’s instilled a little morality in the business community.” Stanley Sporkin, crusading SEC enforcer and tough-minded U.S. judge, dies at 88 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z Social media seems ill-equipped for nuance and the notion that a political leader can be both heroic and despotic. Celia and Fidel: why the timing is perfect for a new play about Castro 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z How do we deal with a truly despotic tyrant in the White House when the strictures of the Constitution, the safeguards we expected to be there, have been pulled out from beneath our feet? Did Trump try to bribe Julian Assange with a pardon? Well, he won't be impeached over it 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z Insiders have denied these claims, arguing that any discipline of thought was necessary to battle the despotic Iranian regime. Who are the People’s Mujahedeen of Iran? 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z Every Republican who has lectured others on their insufficient respect for the Constitution now has the chance to defend the constitutional order from the despotic populism the founders most feared. Opinion \| Republicans owe Vindman a public apology 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z “Not much probity is needed for maintaining or sustaining a monarchical government or a despotic government,” wrote the Baron de Montesquieu, whose philosophy inspired the Framers. Opinion \| This vulgar man has squandered our decency 2020-02-07T05:00:00Z Matthews, 74, delivered the sharp comments on his program during a discussion of President Trump’s supposed affinity for despotic world leaders. MSNBC’s Chris Matthews calls Netanyahu one of the world’s ‘bad guys,’ alongside Putin, Erdogan 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Moi was one of the last of Africa’s so-called Big Men, who presided over their countries in increasingly despotic ways. Daniel arap Moi, former Kenyan president who ruled with iron fist, dies at 95 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z These attempts have revealed the nonsensical nature of the “one country, two systems” fudge by which China disguises the despotic future it envisions for both Hong Kong and Taiwan. Opinion \| Time is on Taiwan’s side 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z This theme of false religionists lying to despotic rulers runs throughout the Bible. Evangelicals using religion for political gain is nothing new. It is a US tradition \| Reverend William Barber 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z "A despotic regime that made documented efforts to cajole and coerce its people to mourn publicly vs a free people being free =/= owning Trump." Washington Post reporter slammed for sharing mock-comparison of Soleimani funeral, Trump inaugural crowds 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z The mega-pastors, narcissists who rule despotic, cult-like fiefdoms, make millions of dollars by using this heretical belief system to prey on the mounting despair and desperation of their congregations, victims of neoliberalism and deindustrialization. Onward, Christian fascists 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z It was a mind-numbing spectacle, devoid of morality and ethics, the kind of political theater that characterizes despotic regimes. The impeachment's moral hypocrisy 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z By facing the law, Mr. al-Bashir joins a list of reputedly despotic leaders who have been removed from office through popular protests and who have been put on trial over their actions while in power. Sudan’s Ousted Leader Is Sentenced to Two Years for Corruption 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z “Repressive speech codes are the indecent hallmark of despotic, totalitarian regimes,” Mr. Dreiband said in a Monday statement. Justice Department backs Mississippi student suing college over free speech 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Sleepy-eyed and milky-skinned, Hal is so alienated from his despotic and unhinged father that when a messenger delivers a summons to the king’s supposed deathbed, the party boy can’t be bothered to show up. Review \| Timothée Chalamet stars in ‘The King,’ a handsome if dull take on English history 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z Yet Haiti has been plagued by despotic rule and political instability for much of its tenure as an independent state. As Protests Again Sweep Haiti, How Can the Nation Move Forward? 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Apple justifies acceding to despotic demands by arguing that it is the cost of operating in China, and that the Chinese people are better off with a big U.S. firm around than without. Opinion \| Apple accedes to China’s despotic demands 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z Once an icon to many Africans, Mr. Mugabe grew increasingly despotic, persecuting the Ndebele minority, wresting farmland from its white owners, and driving the economy to ruin. A Music Genre Grows in Zimbabwe, Fueled by Rage Against Authority 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z It’s one thing to pass laws, fencing in the office to prevent another despotic takeover. How do we recover from the surreal nightmare of this presidency? It will take some work 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z The power of the weak against despotic enemies is that they start conflicts they can’t finish — in the hope that a great power will come and rescue them. Opinion \| The U.S. has to tread in the middle when handling the Hong Kong protests 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z The society the army fights against is a despotic version of patriarchy; the resistance is female-led and operated. Women at war: why do we still struggle with the idea of female soldiers? 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z The forces of scarcity, racism, repression and despotic political corruption are reaching a critical flashpoint on our planet that’s getting warmer and less hospitable by the day. Lessons from the Puerto Rican insurrection: "When tyranny is the law, revolution is the order." 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z It contains ideas feared by those who want despotic powers. Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z American provincialism also functions as insulation of the brain, preventing the average citizen from seeing and hearing the warning signs that history offers into the transformation of democracy into despotic rule. Independent of everything: Is America too dumb for democracy? 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z One way or another, the message has to go out: As much bad press as Trump gets, It’s not commensurate with his despotic presidency or the malfeasance that elected him. Trump's Chuck Todd interview: Right and wrong have come permanently unstuck in America 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Varon argues that many of them believed that white Southerners needed deliverance from their “scheming leaders,” the despotic planters who shut down public debate and dominated the political system. Review \| Why did the North fight the Civil War? 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The corporate news media likes to report the popular overthrow of despotic Governor Ricardo Rossello as merely the logical consequence of local conditions going septic post-Hurricane Maria. Lessons from the Puerto Rican insurrection: "When tyranny is the law, revolution is the order." 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z He’s frustrated because he has, I think in the positive way, you could say he has the inclinations of you know a family held business CEO but on other hand a maybe aspirational despotic tendency. Transcript: Preet Bharara 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z The despotic King Atar, having become jealous of the heroic soldier Tarare, has Tarare’s wife abducted and installed in a harem. Antonio Salieri’s Revenge 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z Her heartbreaking death feels even more tragic because in the moment she seems like the Dany of old, not the despotic maniac who laid waste to King’s Landing. How ‘Game of Thrones’ wronged its female characters in the series finale 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z White Southerners’ political independence would then free the nation from the sway that planters exercised over politics and policy, a sway Northerners denounced as a despotic slave power. Review \| Why did the North fight the Civil War? 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z The military is negotiating with protest leaders about the structure of a new civilian government to replace Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the dictator ousted in April after three decades of despotic rule. Opinion \| Can Sudan revive the Arab Spring? 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z These are all historic allegations and would seem even more that way if not for the almost complete normalization of Trump’s despotic tendencies. Robert Mueller wasn't Superman: Straight-arrow prosecutor no match for Trump crime family 2019-04-30T04:00:00Z Johnson had trained as an artist, and he believed that Akhenaten must have been “wildly creative,” despite his despotic tendencies. Into the pharaoh's chamber: how I fell in love with ancient Egypt 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z He added, “I don’t see why we’d be following the lead or seen as a very, very close ally of a despotic, un-democratic regime.” Bernie Sanders Imagines a Progressive New Approach to Foreign Policy 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z “The more they can prove that this is not just a despotic but also an erratic regime, the easier it will be for them to justify that diplomatic options have been exhausted,” he said. Venezuela Crisis Escalates as Guaidó’s Chief of Staff Is Arrested 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z "The bottom line is that the United States should not be supporting a catastrophic war led by a despotic regime with an irresponsible foreign policy," Sanders said on Wednesday from the Senate floor. Senate votes to end US support for Saudi forces in Yemen 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z “The bottom line is the United States should not be supporting a catastrophic war led by a despotic regime with a dangerous and irresponsible foreign policy,” Mr. Sander said. Bernie Sanders, Senate OK end to U.S. military action in Yemen 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z When Raddatz pushed the point to Bolton, he pivoted to criticizing presidents prior to Trump and their handling of America's bilateral relationship with the despotic nation. John Bolton refuses to discuss North Korea's missile program 2019-03-10T05:00:00Z He’s insulting our allies and, you know, his favorite foreign leaders are the ones who are autocratic or despotic. The Republican Planning to Run Against Trump in 2020 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z Courting Venezuelan expats in Miami, Mr. Trump decried “socialism” or “socialists” more than a dozen times, saying those who have fled despotic, leftist leaders should know he’s taking the U.S. in the opposite direction. Donald Trump embraces anti-socialism message in 2020 re-election campaign 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z Now the contest pits a despotic and, at times, seemingly deranged President against shocked and horrified bureaucrats scrambling to safeguard the basic principles of our democracy. Andrew McCabe’s Countdown to the Mueller Report 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z So why has the US become impoverished in its leadership, preferring instead to hide behind symbolic and real walls, while despotic China slowly but surely encompasses the globe in its own form of imperialism? Can China Turn the Middle of Nowhere Into the Center of the World Economy? 2019-01-30T05:00:00Z Why else would Stone, along with his former business partners Paul Manafort and Charlie Black, offer their lobbying services to many of the world’s most despotic dictators? Roger Stone is more than a toxic clown: He's a danger to democracy 2019-01-29T05:00:00Z Every day that Donald Trump’s despotic government shutdown continues without a national general strike is another missed opportunity for Americans to transform ourselves from victims of our history to the architects of it. A call for a national general strike part 2: Times up for deferring MLK’s dream 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z State media in Iran now typically refer to the shah as “despotic,” focusing on the abuses and his lavish lifestyle. Shah of Iran modernized his nation but vacillated in crisis 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z If our leaders continue to succumb, as Yoda once said, to the “quick and easy path,” we might as well relinquish our world leadership status to China, Russia and other despotic regimes. Will the Dems get Trumped? Why I dread the 2020 primary campaign 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z But Orban’s government evidently did not want a figure associated with resistance to a despotic regime gracing the country’s central public square. ‘This is fake democracy’: Hungarians march against government’s autocratic reach 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z The unexpected new policies flustered and terrified American military leaders and our Kurdish allies, and delighted Vladimir Putin and the despotic leaders of Turkey and Syria. Editorials from around New York 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z He openly condemns the despotic rule of the party-state, and he refuses to stop writing or posting his criticism. China’s Bizarre Program to Keep Activists in Check 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z “Today, we tell the despotic regime in Saudi Arabia that we will not be part of their military adventurism,” he said. Senate Votes to End Aid for Yemen Fight Over Khashoggi Killing and Saudis’ War Aims 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z “We must tell Saudi Arabia that the United States will no longer support their despotic regime's role in the horrific war in Yemen.” Angry over Khashoggi killing, Senate demands end to U.S. role in Yemen war, condemns crown prince 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z "Today we tell the despotic government of Saudi Arabia that we will not be part of their military adventures," he said. Senate defies Trump with Saudi war vote 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z “Today we tell the despotic regime in Saudi Arabia we will not be part of their military adventurism,” said Sen. Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent and a leading sponsor of the resolution. Senate bucks Trump, passes measure pulling U.S. support from Yemen war 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z Since the ouster of the despotic ruler, the U.S. Democrat Mississippi Senate hopeful misled about $750G lobbying contract with African despot 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Historically, the U.S. hasn’t embraced despotic regimes despite their oppressive nature, but precisely because of it. Don’t blame Saudi Arabia for corrupting the U.S. on human rights 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z He appeared eager to dispel concerns that he would govern despotically, saying his government would be a “defender of the Constitution, democracy and liberty.” Jair Bolsonaro, Far-Right Populist, Elected President of Brazil 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z Critics say Mr. Bolsonaro will staff his cabinet with military men, treat political opponents despotically and undermine democratic institutions. A Momentous Election in Brazil: What’s at Stake? 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z A world without misogyny and with women and queer liberation is a world without despotic rulers. Authoritarians like Trump target trans people for a reason \| Mischa Haider 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z Is it really in America’s national interest to tie ourselves so closely to a despotic and widely despised regime that is even now facing the beginning of the end of the Age of Oil? MBS mendacity syndrome: Media pundits run for cover in the wake of Khashoggi outrage 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z But the Saudi leader, King Salman, waved a wand for Jared’s royal visit, and the despotic country was magically transformed into the peaceful, reforming society of Jared’s fantasy. Opinion \| Prince Jared finds himself in the wrong fairytale 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Now here’s a great idea for a movie: What would happen if, in a test of patriotism, American citizens were asked to pledge their allegiance to a despotic U.S. president? Review \| ‘The Oath’ is a political satire that’s ripped, like a Band-Aid, from today’s headlines 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z Trump also matches two of Shakespeare’s Romans – a would-be Julius Caesar with despotic longings, he is as titanically tetchy as Coriolanus, given to volleys of abuse that betray his mental instability. Shakespeare in the age of Brexit and Trump: the play’s still the thing 2018-09-29T04:00:00Z There is only the danger of the president’s party cowering before a depraved, vindictive, despotic and demagogic truth-evader. Donald Trump’s unpardonable endgame: Does the president have unlimited power to pardon anyone? 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Nikita Khrushchev, in his memoirs, observed that Joseph Stalin, his despotic and bloody-minded predecessor, referred to “everyone who didn’t agree with him as an ‘enemy of the people.’ Trump and the Enemies of the People 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z “An oligarch is just a despotic power exercised by a privileged few,” Ellis said. Manafort jury hears of lavish spending on luxury clothes 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z In fact, the key insight was that despotic states punish people even though they have broken no law, or never been properly convicted of it. America’s border and the rule of law: Are we becoming a terror state? 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z But as rogue militancy waned and police and military abuses continued, Karachi’s residents began to question if they were merely trading one despotic regime for another. Roiled by Military Intervention, Karachi Voters Push for Change 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z Bache declared that the new nation had “realigned with a despotic rather than a republican state,” and charged the treaty with serving the financial interests of a handful of wealthy merchants. Donald Trump is taking America back — to 1798, when John Adams colluded with an enemy power 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z For obvious reasons, loyalists who favored obedience to King George III of England liked to quote Romans 13; revolutionaries also used it to argue that Paul never meant to justify despotic rulers. Jeff Sessions’ defense of family separation is bad Holocaust history 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z In the nineteen-eighties and nineties, Prince’s critics often characterized him as despotic, self-righteous, vain, and arrogant, but, later on, the narrative shifted. Paisley Park, Prince’s Lonely Palace 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z In contempt for a rich tradition of Christian resistance to injustice, he is cherry-picking the bible to serve a despotic white nationalist agenda. When the US government snatches children, it's Biblical to resist the law \| Daniel José Camacho 2018-06-15T04:00:00Z Wearing isn’t carrying on: Airlines are run by despotic monsters, but their rules allow for one massive loophole. How to pack light for summer travel without being gross - Golf Digest 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z But Orwell notes that “literature has sometimes flourished under despotic regimes.” How George Orwell Predicted the Challenge of Writing Today 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z There is no doubt the Red Hats would stand with Trump throughout every despotic move, as they have since the election. What comes next in Trump’s big power-grab: How close is he to staging a coup? 2018-06-04T04:00:00Z “He has declined to distinguish the actions of our government from the crimes of despotic ones,” he continues. John McCain warns that Republicans are on wrong side of immigration debate 2018-05-09T04:00:00Z In a preface to their 10 points, Marx and Engels acknowledged their coercive nature: “Of course, in the beginning, this cannot be effected except by means of despotic inroads.” Marx’s Apologists Should Be Red in the Face 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Of course, there is also a bit of amnesia about the shah’s despotic tendencies, and the abuses by his secret police, the Savak, which fueled the uprising the overthrew him in 1979. A Mummy Turned Up in Iran. Could It Be the Former Shah? 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z There is also a bit of amnesia about the shah’s despotic tendencies, and the abuses by his secret police, the SAVAK, which fueled the uprising that overthrew him in 1979. Could mysterious mummy in Iran be that of former shah? 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z The six-term senator adds Trump “has declined to distinguish the actions of our government from the crimes of despotic ones.” Analysis \| The Daily 202: Rod Rosenstein may just be the most powerful person in Washington 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z McCain takes particular aim at Trump, a real estate developer and former reality-television star, writing that he “has declined to distinguish the actions of our government from the crimes of despotic ones.” McCain: Trump more interested in appearing tough than in the nation’s values 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z Broadway, happily, is getting a version of Jackson's Lear through her portrayal of A, the wealthy despotic widow in Albee's "Three Tall Women." My disastrous tea with Glenda Jackson 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z The tomb was demolished soon after the 1979 Islamic revolution as Iran's new clerical rulers sought to erase all traces of a secular monarchy that by then was widely seen as corrupt, despotic and dissolute. The discovery of a decades-old corpse unearths a new threat to Iran's theocracy 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Reza Shah was a force for modernisation despite his despotic rule. Mummified body found in Iran could be of ex-ruler Reza Shah 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z He sent his vice-president, Mike Pence, to denounce Cuba’s “despotic regime”. How long will Latin America support “American values”? 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z They are/will be too busy recruiting in Russia and other despotic regimes. Trump Aide Spoke During Campaign to Associate Tied to Russian Intelligence 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z The Senate voted 30-13 to put “Maryland, My Maryland” on historic status and say its sensitive pre-Civil War references to “Northern scum” and a despotic President Abraham Lincoln don’t reflect Marylanders’ values today. Maryland bill would ‘retire’ state song to ‘historic’ status 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z They are despotic, they are ruthless, they are cruel to their own people — but they are not irrational. Opinion \| What Trump could learn from my attempts to denuclearize North Korea 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Five months ago, he called Iran a “despotic theocracy” and “a pernicious empire that is expanding its power and influence across the Middle East.” Mike Pompeo, a Hawk Who Pleased the President, Moves From Spying to Diplomacy 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z BEIJING—President Xi Jinping is counting on a gathering of nearly 3,000 lawmakers to show unequivocal support for his bid to govern China indefinitely by setting aside a decades-old safeguard against despotic rule. One Last Step: Xi Jinping Stands at the Precipice of Lifelong Rule 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z An ironic precedent to Han Kang-gate was the translation of Yi’s 1987 novella Our Twisted Hero, in which a schoolboy is manipulated by a despotic school prefect, with the blessing of their teachers. Lost in (mis)translation? English take on Korean novel has critics up in arms 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z As a commentary on the despotic male artistic gaze, “Phantom Thread” will no doubt remind several viewers of “Mother!,” Review \| ‘Phantom Thread’: In his final role, Daniel Day-Lewis reminds us he’s a monumental talent 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z Astonishing how that continues to be a winning formula for despotic politicians and money grubbing corporations. Companies Warn of Hits From Tax Cuts. Don’t Be Fooled. 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Through sanctions, diplomatic pressure and other means, the burden of Mr. Kim’s despotic and reckless reign must be brought to an end. Opinion \| There’s a deadly new threat from North Korea 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z Hungary forgot that Congress has no desire to encourage despotic attacks on the many American universities with branches overseas. Donald Trump’s administration is promoting democracy and human rights 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Zimbabwe celebrates the end of the despotic rule of Robert Mugabe. Opinion \| The U.S. position on Zimbabwe will be critical 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Until two weeks ago, the paper was printing laudatory stories and editorials about the country’s despotic leader. Suddenly, Zimbabwe’s biggest newspaper can print exactly what it wants. It’s harder than it sounds. 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z The foreign secretary also welcomed the announcement, but warned it should not mark "the transition from one despotic rule to another". UK welcomes Zimbabwe's 'brighter future' 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z The money belongs to the people of the region and not to a handful of despotic families long kept in power by the military force of Western imperialism. Saudi Money Fuels the Tech Industry. It’s Time to Ask Why. 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z As Robert Mugabe’s rule became more despotic, Christian churches emerged as one of the few independent forces that retained the ability to challenge him, in part because of their international connections. The impact of religion on Robert Mugabe 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z It is awkward enough, Moscow’s mandarins must think, that the Russian revolution was a people’s uprising against despotic rule, a fight against injustice and the gross excesses of the rich. Putin’s Russia can’t celebrate its revolutionary past. It has to smother it \| Catherine Merridale 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z In a decades-long career, Manafort made tens of millions of dollars far beyond the borders of established democracies, working for despotic leaders and their allies in countries such as the Philippines and Congo. Ukrainians cheered by news of Manafort’s indictment 2017-10-30T04:00:00Z The Cold War had ended and with it the sorry history of support for despotic regimes by both the West and the Soviet bloc. Kenya poll: A key moment for African democracy 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z The unofficial response on Twitter was just as strong: “Who next, Kim Jong Un?” quipped one person, referring to the despotic president of North Korea. Robert Mugabe, under sanction for human rights abuses, is named a WHO ‘goodwill ambassador’ 2017-10-21T04:00:00Z The president used his speech before the United Nations last month to launch personal attacks against North Korea’s despotic leader. Opinion \| JFK could help us prevent nuclear war 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z He opened his rucksack and revealed plunder hidden for 20 years: the bronze right foot, including spur and stirrup, severed from a statue of Don Juan de Oñate, the despotic conquistador of New Mexico. Statue’s Stolen Foot Reflects Divisions Over Symbols of Conquest 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z Kim Jong Il was seen as a lesser leader, more reclusive, more repressive, and more despotic precisely because he tried to manage the famine internationally through media and military tactics. Historian: For North Korea, Acquiring Nukes Was a Rational Decision 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z No doubt people in this time of such despotic rule require heroes; no doubt there are many to be found in the alphabet soup of the intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Sure, the torrent of Trump leaks is irresistible — but some leaks serve to protect the rich and powerful 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Civil asset forfeiture is perhaps the ultimate despotic power play. Georgia editorial roundup 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z Republicans in Congress voted with Democrats in overwhelming, veto-proof, numbers to pass a Russia sanctions bill that constrains Mr. Trump’s ability to indulge his strange sympathy for Vladimir Putin’s despotic regime. Opinion \| The GOP steps up to check an out-of-control president 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z Only a generation ago Myanmar had been cut off from the world by despotic generals; Cambodia’s 25-year-old civil war was still sputtering; and Vietnam was only just beginning to experiment with some timid market reforms. South-East Asia’s future looks prosperous but illiberal 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z From Saudi Arabia to Kuwait, they are key allies and partners of the British government, and the Tories are endeavouring to forge ever closer links with these despotic exporters of fanaticism. The Tories would rather cosy up to despots than keep us safe \| Owen Jones 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z It’s also never too soon to be reminded that Second Amendment purists believe that the “right to bear arms” was written into the Constitution to protect people against a despotic government. Republicans, the Second Amendment and gun violence: Will the GOP ever return to sanity? 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z Typically, proposals like these are dismissed on the grounds that they combine the worst of all worlds: the appeasement of a despotic regime and reckless naïveté. Avoiding apocalypse on the Korean Peninsula 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z The White House and its allies argue that the Cuban government remains despotic and must be pressured to reform. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z In 2006 the council replaced the UN Commission on Human Rights, which had been irredeemably discredited, not least by being chaired just a few years earlier by Libya, then ruled by the despotic Muammar Qaddafi. The UN Human Rights Council will be weaker if America leaves 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z Reforming governments who replace authoritarian or despotic ones tend to be keenest to tackle torture, often confronting their own army or police. Bans help make torture less common 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z One is that while the rulers of these despotic Gulf regimes are Sunnis, there are many in the eastern Arab world who are not. Why Donald Trump's 'Arab Nato' would be a terrible mistake \| Rashid Khalidi 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z As a presidential candidate, Trump described the kingdom as run by a despotic regime that would eventually be overthrown. First stop on Trump’s first official trip overseas signals Saudi Arabia’s importance 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z The aim generally would be to reimpose limits on travel and commerce, supposedly to punish Cuba’s despotic government, now led by Raúl Castro, brother of the revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z Much like Nixon, Trump’s actions from this point forward will continue to grow increasingly despotic as he desperately attempts to kill the investigation. Nixon didn’t have Twitter: The parallels are clear, but Trump might be more dangerous 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z The despotic city planner hadn’t counted on the determination of the mothers in question, or the ferocity of their leader – an owlish stenographer and freelance journalist by the name of Jane Jacobs. Street fighter: how Jane Jacobs saved New York from Bulldozer Bob 2017-04-30T04:00:00Z And the answer is: yes, at some point the leader of a nuclear nation will be deranged, despotic or desperate enough to use them, whether deliberately or accidentally. Is the world more dangerous now than during the cold war? 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z The NYT does not use “rogue” to describe Saudi Arabia, which is another despotic regime that also supports policies like Salafism that supports terrorists around the world. Opinion \| Friday Mailbag: When Governments Go ‘Rogue’ 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had had before of the real nature of imperialism – the real motives for which despotic governments act. Did George Orwell shoot an elephant? His 1936 'confession' – and what it might mean 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z Some Mesoamerican cultures do seem to fit the despotic model. It wasn't just Greece: Archaeologists find early democratic societies in the Americas 2017-03-15T04:00:00Z In other words, the petty absurdity of the environmentalists’ priorities was matched only by their despotic overreach. Scott Pruitt Rejects Climate-Change Reality 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Some supporters claim he’s facing a secret coup from an intelligence and foreign policy establishment that constitutes a despotic “deep state.” Opinion \| A look inside the country’s real-life spy thriller 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z It is certainly a despotic and horrible government, but “rogue” implies illegitimate/criminal. Opinion \| Friday Mailbag: When Governments Go ‘Rogue’ 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z It is difficult to know if President Trump is aware of the historic resonance of the term, a label generally associated with despotic communist governments rather than democracies. Trump Embraces ‘Enemy of the People,’ a Phrase With a Fraught History 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z But then Lenin dies, Stalin sweeps into power and, nearly overnight, institutes a despotic cloud over the entire Soviet empire. Communism only enforceable ‘at the end of a gun,’ ‘Bitter Harvest’ film producer says 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z The word “kleptocracy” often conjures Cold War imagery of despotic tyrants in poor, faraway places. Five myths about kleptocracy 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z It involves Madame Verdurin, a despotic salon hostess who circumvents the rationing laws of the First World War to get the special croissants that, when taken dipped in coffee, supposedly ease her migraines. The Big and Small of Bad Internet News 2016-12-31T05:00:00Z Many Republicans who had long been critical of Vladimir Putin’s despotic rule are adjusting their positions to accord with Trump’s more sympathetic views. Will the GOP be the pro-Putin party? 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z Amartya Sen, a Harvard University economist and Nobel laureate, called it a “despotic action.” Indians like to pay cash. The government is now forcing them to swipe cards. 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z “They are using Daesh to change the terms of the conflict, from the fight of the people against a despotic, fascist regime to a fight against terrorism.” Assad’s Choice: Fight Rebels but Give Way to ISIS 2016-12-15T05:00:00Z On this argument, old habits die hard, and democratically elected politicians retain old despotic ways of thinking. Why South Korea's corruption scandal is nothing new - BBC News 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z It looks despotic, inflammatory, extreme and violent: it looks, in short, exactly as Trump promised it would look, as he campaigned on a pledge to imprison his opponent. The dangerous fantasy behind Trump’s normalisation 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z And political correctness functions like a despotic regime. Trump, Clinton and the Culture of Deference 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z The despotic Saudi family has long been kept in power by US Central Command and thus American voters with their flags and yellow ribbons... Fight Between Saudis and 9/11 Families Escalates in Washington 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z Missing from this report the fact Arabs had been ruled by despotic regimes since 1950’s. Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z Not surprisingly, conservatives have decried Obama’s “despotic lawlessness,” arguing that his use of executive power is unprecedented. The Perils of Executive Action 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z The anti-Pinochet forces would not have won with a depressing vision of their country even in the midst of despotic, ineffective rule. Republicans’ wishful thinking: Enough already 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Trump has occasionally expressed qualified admiration for vainglorious, even despotic rulers of the past. Is Donald Trump a textbook narcissist? 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z And, unlike Voltaire, a top-down modernizer who saw despotic monarchs as likely allies of enlightened people, Rousseau looked forward to a world without them. How Rousseau Predicted Trump 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z Or this variation: Donald Trump has despotic tendencies, but the people around him in the White House and the Cabinet will rein in his worst instincts. The fibs Republicans tell themselves after they endorse Donald Trump 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Our government denounces the cruel ruler of Syria but provides critical military support for Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi and, worse, for the despotic dictators of Saudi Arabia. Trump is wrong on Hussein, but so were U.S. leaders 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z They kept a median distance of 1,213 meters from any human habitation—exposing their offspring to despotic males in the process. Mother brown bears protect cubs with human shields 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z Three congressmen from Boeing’s headquarters state say Iran’s “despotic leaders” would benefit from any deal to upgrade that nation’s aging aircreft fleet. Illinois lawmakers urge Boeing not to sell aircraft to Iran 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z They said Iran's "despotic leaders" would be the greatest beneficiaries of any aircraft sale because they own a majority stake in Iran Air, the country's flag carrier. Three Republican congressmen from Illinois are urging the chief executive officer of the Chicago-based Boeing to put patriotism ahead of profits and not sell aircraft to Iran 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z But they say the beneficiaries of an aircraft sale would be Iran’s “despotic leaders.” Illinois lawmakers urge Boeing not to sell aircraft to Iran 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z The Silver trial revealed a despotic figure, more feared than loved by his subjects. The Man Who Terrifies Wall Street 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z Bush gave similar relief to large groups of immigrants who were fleeing wars or despotic regimes. In last big test of Obama era, Supreme Court to take up immigration policy 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z They said Iran’s “despotic leaders” would be the greatest beneficiaries of any aircraft sale because they own a majority stake in Iran Air, the country’s flag carrier. Illinois lawmakers urge Boeing not to sell aircraft to Iran 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Tax havens protect vulnerable people against despotic governments, unjust laws and political turmoil. Five myths about tax havens 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z “I want you to ask the despotic regime to grant me a public trial,” adding “even if the court is constructed the way that the potentates want.” Prisoner of the Ayatollahs 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Worse — we began to suspect that their tales of a cruel monarch and her despotic rule were not altogether untrue. Incursions : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z Mr Harper spurned them as talking shops for despotic regimes. Trudeaumania 2 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z During a speech at the University of Yangon, the president called his visit a fulfillment of his 2009 inaugural vow to “extend a hand” to despotic regimes that unclench their fists. Obama’s plan to visit Cuba is reminiscent of opening to Burma 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z Egypt is currently experiencing a prolonged moment of flux, one in which a democratic citizenry is haphazardly emerging within a despotic state that rejects the possibility of any such democracy existing. The future of the Egyptian revolution 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z As long as Cuba stays poor and despotic, the tradition will thrive. The last wave 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z But he is also playing a familiar psychological game with a neighbor that supplies his impoverished country’s food and energy and keeps his despotic regime alive. North Korea’s Strategy Puts Beijing in a Bind 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z In today’s world, which long ago became a global village, one would think that such despotic acts would attract notice and invite repercussions. What’s freedom worth? Less than 3 billion euros, apparently. 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z "It's despotic. It's not democratic, and we will protest against this. They control the police and the judiciary, so they can do whatever they want." Tear gas becomes the norm in Kosovo parliament as lawmakers protest Serbian ties 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z In his “Notes on the State of Virginia,” Jefferson writes that “the concentrating” of the legislative, executive and judicial powers “in the same hands, is precisely the definition of despotic government.” Clinton Is Already Vowing to Overreach 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z In truly despotic places governments control history teaching completely. Why South Korea is rewriting its history books - BBC News 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z After Jesus’s birth, Mary and Joseph fled with their refugee child to Egypt to avoid King Herod’s despotic rule. There's Nothing Christian About Blocking Non-Christian Refugees to the U.S. 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z It is that war that many analysts blame for rocking the despotic equilibrium of the Middle East and leading indirectly to the rise of the Islamic State. As campaign focus turns to foreign policy, Clinton points to her experience 2015-11-14T05:00:00Z One observer found him “pathetic and tremendous,” another “despotic and insecure.” The Pope wanted Hitler dead: The secret story of the Vatican’s war to kill the Nazi despot 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z He opposed Obama’s executive order on immigration by invoking “despotic executives” and “unaccountable monarchs.” Ted Cruz’s crazy “jackboot” talk: When inflammatory rhetoric starts getting dangerous 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z People who have fled war or despotic regimes in Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Eritrea and Sudan find themselves sleeping on cold, damp French soil, with only leaky plastic tents to shelter them from the elements. Tighter security in French port breeds growing defiance among refugees 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z They reap what they sew with their despotic tendencies and no amount of our Jeffersonian democracy will placate an angry insurrection. ISIS Makes Gains in Syria Territory Bombed by Russia 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z Kim Jong Un, the despotic leader of impoverished North Korea, accepted a global statesperson award from Indonesia’s Sukarno Center on Thursday. Kim Jong Un Accepts a Statesperson Prize 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z The majority of inhabitants questioned by researchers over a two-month period between April and June were refugees fleeing war or despotic regimes in Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria and Eritrea, she said. Calais refugee camp conditions diabolical, says report 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z I thought it would be so easy, given the news every day, to make a despotic fantasy in which everything is terrible, then it gets worse and ends horribly. Salman Rushdie: ‘It might be the funniest of my novels’ 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z The latest military spat between the democratic South and the despotic North ended on August 25th after 43 hours of talks concluded with an agreement to have more. He shells, she shells 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Most were from the impoverished and despotically ruled northeast African nation of Eritrea. Desperate Crossing 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Standing in front of the school, now known as the National University of Mongolia, his likeness was for years vandalized with paint by detractors who regard his rule as despotic. Genghis Khan reigns anew as Mongolia replaces Communist-era statues 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z He said the missions were hardly democratic and were at times "despotic," but that the Jesuit missionaries were highly capable men who taught the natives trades and how to read and write. Pope balances apology to indigenous for colonial abuse with praise for Jesuit missions 2015-07-11T04:00:00Z The core political principles of the EU were always about escaping from Europe’s despotic past, of moving from its conflictual history and the horrors of Nazism towards a collective brotherhood of Europe. Bureaucrazies Versus Democracy 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z But it was never clear what Mr. Aziz had done personally to merit the charge, although he had clearly been a fervent supporter of a despotic and ruthless government. Tariq Aziz, Imprisoned Top Aide to Saddam Hussein, Dies at 79 2015-06-05T04:00:00Z Religiously motivated anti-Assad rebels, for example, denounce the president’s supporters not as advocates of a despotic, violent regime, but as Shiite infidels. The Middle East’s long sectarian peace 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z We are witnessing the classic face-off between a young western democracy and a despotic old eastern empire, a narrative that goes back to ancient times. Putin Prepares To Reinvade As Saakashvili's Georgians Boots Ukraine's Democracy 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z One AP investigation cites that around 4,000 businesses in Crimea have been “nationalized”—meaning stolen by the despotic mafia that rules with impunity. One Year Later In Crimea: Polls Don't Tell The Whole Story 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z Earlier, under Saddam Hussein’s despotic rule, the city was a sanctuary, home to tens of thousands of Christians. The New Exodus: Christians Flee ISIS in the Middle East 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The great, white-domed behemoth has become a fortress of greed, ineptitude and blind power that despotic regimes around the world would kill for. CHARLES HURT: Capitol secured against taxpayers for lawmakers to act like spring break 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z “Don’t think I am very despotic,” he said. Platini: Change at top of FIFA is ‘important’ for football 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z They founded a government-sponsored women’s organization – but put the wives of its despotic generals in charge of it. A Lesson From Asia’s Unsung Female Activists 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z For decades, as Michael Kwass has conclusively shown, the wealthy and super wealthy branded such efforts despotic; they used the resulting power struggles to their own, political ends. 3 Lessons from the French Revolution European Policymakers Should Keep in Mind 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z No one “recognized the depth of the fissures within Libyan society created by 42 years of Qaddafi’s despotic and psychologically damaging rule,” she wrote. U.N. Security Council to meet on Libya after Islamic State violence 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z The notion that U.S. support for despotic, disreputable regimes ends up fuelling radicalism is by now a familiar argument. Can Corruption Be Eradicated? 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z He put in command his younger brother Raúl, a cruel, despotic little man with distinct Napoleonic tendencies. Quora Question: Fighting With—and Against—Castro and Che Forget the Third World despotic nature of it. CHARLES HURT: Trashing the republic to save his party with immigration ‘reform’ 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z You—a Federation soldier named Welkin—command everything from engineers to snipers to tanks as you do battle against the wicked and despotic Empire. 'Valkyria Chronicles' Is Now Live On PC 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z And then you went on a despotic tirade that was about as terrifying as any words uttered by a sitting American president. CHARLES HURT: An open letter to Barack Obama 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z But his style seemed was far less despotic than that of some other African leaders, including President Robert G. Mugabe in neighboring Zimbabwe, with whom he cultivated friendly relations. Michael Sata, Sharp-Tongued President of Zambia, Dies at 77 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Haiti, he argued, drawing upon the racist theories of the French theorist Arthur de Gobineau, was best suited not for European-style democracy but for leadership of a despotic “African” kind. How Will Haiti Reckon with the Duvalier Years? 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z In terms the founders provided us, we are meant to be protected only from corrupt or despotic government. This is our new Constitution: How we fix gun rights, the Supreme Court, inequality — and foster true democracy 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z No other part of the world is so actively resisting modernity and the core values of the United Nations as the despotic governments of the region. What Obama Should Say at the U.N. to Reinvigorate the Liberal Order 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z The law of unintended consequences kicks in: Will a worldwide fight against ISIS, one of Assad’s fiercest rivals, strengthen Assad’s despotic rule in Syria, which his neighbors, as well as America, have long deemed illegitimate? Iran, Syria and Other Assorted Challenges an Anti-ISIS Coalition Faces In total this provides a level of choice completely at odds with the despotic singularity of vision of Apple under Jobs. Apple Watch: Everything You Need To Know 2014-09-10T04:00:00Z He became fluent in Arabic, read passages of the Quran and “felt the suffering of those who live under despotic dictatorships, which is why he wanted to tell their stories,” Rabbi Terry Bookman said. Family mourns slain journalist in tearful service 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Human Rights Council includes some of the most despotic nations, yet it judges Israel. Holding both Israelis and Palestinians to account She sought a reimagination of the English teacher’s role: “Teaching writing must become more like coaching a sport and less like presenting information,” a joyful exploration unhindered by despotic traffic cops. The Fallacy of ‘Balanced Literacy’ 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z I had come to realize that if he remained in office, he would create a divisive, despotic and sectarian government that would rip the country apart and devastate American interests. Why we stuck with Maliki — and lost Iraq “Today’s debate is about whether we want to deepen Spain’s democracy or whether we want to continue with a system that is at times despotic.” Spanish Lawmakers Clear Way for King’s Abdication 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z Instead of taking effective action just short of this, the administration is doing little more than trying to feed besieged civilians while waiting for Syria’s despotic leader to surrender his illegal weapons. Our role since D-Day “Edsel, the son of Sam Wo’s owner, began as a waiter and soon became the restaurant’s coming attraction — and for an unlikely reason: he was the rudest, most despotic waiter to ever walk the earth.” Why College Is Still Worth It and Other Fascinating News on the Web 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z This time around, players will find themselves in the nation of Kyrat, deep in the Himalayan mountains, struggling against a despotic self-appointed king. 'Far Cry 4' Coming This Fall 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z Then she gives her son a big slimy smooch on the lips; mother love never seemed so despotic or desperate. The Good, the Bad and the Mommy: Five Great Movie Mothers, and the Five Worst 2014-05-11T13:00:31Z Kevin Durant hasn’t become so remote with stardom he seems interplanetary, and he doesn’t confuse his NBA prowess with despotic powers. Jenkins: Mother’s Day: Kevin Durant did more than thank Wanda Pratt; he showed what she had done 2014-05-09T18:22:06Z There would have been no war without the US arming, training, and fighting on the side of the various despotic governments of South Vietnam. The burden of atrocity: How Vietnam was exposed as a “dirty war” 2014-05-02T22:57:00Z "There is no rule that says if Israel and the Palestinians make peace, Iran is somehow going to dismantle its despotic regime or abandon its nuclear intentions." Britain's Cameron puts Iran on guard, sets out support for Israel 2014-03-12T15:30:29Z America had lost the role of world price arbiter to OPEC, a cartel dominated by despotic regimes. The economics of shale oil: Saudi America 2014-02-13T15:59:49Z Here, bowed and walking with a cane, was Kenneth Kaunda, the former president of Zambia, and Joaquin Chissano of Mozambique, and Robert G. Mugabe, still in power, despotically so, in Zimbabwe. Letter From Europe: Recalling the Other Heroes of the Anti-Apartheid Struggle 2013-12-12T12:49:47Z Having lived in the Middle East gulf states where there are policies in place to support despotic regimes / monarchies, such guaranteed incomes provide little incentive for citizens to live productive lives. A government-guaranteed basic income: The cheque is in the mail 2013-11-19T17:19:48Z Or is it despotic centralism in the way of Stalin and Hitler, the most recent, though far less cruel, variant being the Chinese one: state capitalism plus one-party rule? China's Coming Economic Slowdown 2013-10-26T00:57:05Z Grim, impregnable, and despotic, it seemed destined to last forever. The Meaning Of Management: The Great Awakening 2013-09-16T12:46:00Z He described the detention as a "despotic" attempt to intimidate him and others involved in reporting on British and U.S. surveillance programs. Use of UK terror law to detain reporter's partner 'a disgrace': lawyer 2013-08-19T21:05:36Z It is probably more us than the ancient Romans who have invested in this particular version of despotic tyranny. Did Caligula deserve his bad reputation? 2013-07-29T07:12:58Z Renaissance Italy, though in many ways one of the great ages of mankind, was also an age of despotic princes with vast treasure and unlimited power. The Prince's Man 2013-07-27T00:51:24Z Power invoked the names of two former U.S. ambassadors to the United Nations, Jeane Kirkpatrick and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who had gained reputations for speaking forcefully against America’s adversaries and despotic governments. Samantha Power, at confirmation hearing, faults U.N. for ‘disgrace’ in Syria 2013-07-17T17:51:20Z The despotic management practices that are causing the decline are anachronisms from a former era. The Meaning Of Management: The Great Awakening 2013-09-16T12:46:00Z "This restores the state of hatred towards those European and American nations whose states always stand with despotic regimes against nations looking for freedom," he added. Brotherhood sees Egypt "coup" fuelling hatred of West 2013-07-06T23:13:26Z Cancer is an unwelcome house guest that upends lives and despotically redefines a person’s sense of self, in its own image. Well: Keeping Cancer a Secret 2013-07-04T04:01:39Z “The prime minister is trying, with threats and lies, to justify the culmination of his despotic policies, the closure of the state broadcaster,” the party’s leader, Alexis Tsipras, said. Greek Leaders to Meet in Effort to Save Government 2013-06-16T20:26:56Z Supreme Court justices on Monday evening sought laughs rather than legal clarity as they weighed a tragic case concerning a despotic Roman general and his overbearing mother. U.S. justices play Shakespeare tragedy for laughs 2013-05-14T18:11:38Z During the reign of Mubarak, drawings of the president himself were rare and cartoonists learned work-arounds to depict his despotic policies. Jon Stewart takes Egypt 2013-04-06T19:00:00Z It is gathering support, she says, because they can be used as “digital weapons” by despotic regimes. Cyber-security: The digital arms trade 2013-03-27T16:07:10Z Despite occasional hitches, the despotic regime of President Alexander Loukachenko in Belorussia is now effectively in the Russian orbit. Putin Isn't "Gaining Ground" Regardless of what Amir Taheri Says 2012-10-13T16:57:15Z Like Half-Life 2, you’re a member of a resistance movement against a despotic government. 'Dishonored' Review - Part Two: Swordplay And Sorcery And Stealth, Oh My! 2012-10-09T19:55:55Z In the other excerpt, the despotic conductor was just as assertive, but the violinists seemed to pay as much attention to themselves as they did to him. The science of conducting: Von Karajan was right 2012-09-06T15:03:14Z “I thought they were quite crazy,” she says, knowing the civil-war-torn, multilingual, sometimes despotic territories that the scientists planned to traverse and the closed communities that they wanted to study. Science on the Silk Road: Taste for adventure 2012-08-15T17:21:12.587Z Saudi Arabia and Qatar were described as “despotic oligarchies who kill peaceful protesters,” as though Bashar al-Assad won and kept the presidency through his ophthalmic skills. The U.N.’s Uselessness on Syria 2012-08-11T08:45:00Z But this time their despotic behavior resulted in untimely death after they all contracted tuberculosis. The Joker's Wild: On the Ecology of Gun Violence in America 2012-07-26T16:45:05.863Z News Corp is aggressively doing this through an enigmatic internal reorganization more typical of a troubled despotic regime – read Putin's Russia, or the current Chinese leadership imbroglio – than a transparent public company. Rupert Murdoch: is this the beginning of the end? Far from it 2012-07-23T17:08:00Z Second, despite the rhetoric about spreading democracy that still lingers in Washington, building more lily pads actually guarantees collaboration with an increasing number of despotic, corrupt, and murderous regimes. Pentagon develops global base strategy 2012-07-16T13:34:00Z I am not justifying the Assad regime — it is dictatorial, we know this, it is despotic, I understand. Russian Church Opposes Syrian Intervention 2012-06-01T02:51:34Z “The people of the Arab Spring, when allowed to choose their own destiny, have voted against the despotic political vision of al-Qaeda,” McCants says. Letters from Abbottabad: Bin Laden's Bleak Final Days 2012-05-03T17:05:13Z Happily for us, we have now a ruler who loves her subjects, whose sway is the very opposite of that despotic tyrant’s rule, who loved to imbrue his hands in the blood of contemporary princes. The Cambrian Sketch-Book Tales, Scenes, and Legends of Wild Wales 2012-04-27T02:00:33.040Z No doubt despotic Governments have often exercised the most beneficial patronage in encouraging and rewarding poets, artists, and men of science. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Come, Count, we must obey the governor: see if he do not make himself as despotic here as his Majesty in Paris. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z Ptolemais, indeed, enjoyed all the ordinary forms of self-government, but Alexandria was governed despotically by royal officials. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z Sound finance is the sheet anchor of any Government, whether despotic or democratic. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z Taking all these elements together, Hindooism must rank as the most despotic, the most cruel, and the vilest of all that is called religion among men. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z It is true, nevertheless, that in countries governed despotically, the individual, unless he is obnoxious to the Government, enjoys far greater freedom, or rather licence, than in a country like England, which governs itself. The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 2012-04-25T02:01:12.830Z Such was the outcome of the efforts which, for two hundred and fifty years, the Church had unremittingly made to obtain despotic control over the human mind. A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II 2012-04-18T02:00:12.957Z Men thought him more cruel and more despotic than he actually was. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Who had so much cause to fear that the rash and despotic proceedings which have taken place were aimed at him as I have had? Henry of Guise; (Vol. III of 3) or, The States of Blois 2012-04-11T02:00:29.713Z According to tradition he was a man of tremendous will, which he enforced with arbitrary and despotic authority. From Egypt to Japan 2012-04-19T02:00:28.147Z "What a rebel against authority you are for one so despotic yourself!" Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z It would seem as if, down to this day, the people in most of these despotic countries had never known any other régime but one of unjust exaction and oppression. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z It shews what mankind are—a selfish, exclusive, unfeeling, and despotic community. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z In fact, Claud had been reluctantly torn from Edge Combe by his despotic sister, who, when she got to London, found that to choose a house without his assistance was quite an impossibility. The Tree of Knowledge A Novel 2012-04-05T02:00:35.603Z Though despotic in his rule Hiero was a liberal patron of literature. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z He was the son of Charles XI., a harsh and despotic prince. Curiosities of Human Nature 2012-04-03T02:00:27.167Z Royalty bred in Saul what it bred in most kings of the East, an imperious temper, a despotic will. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z In India a similar army was maintained by the despotic government of the East India Company. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z To some of these men the condition of New York, where the State does hardly anything for the individual, would seem as distressing and objectionable as that of despotic Paris or even Constantinople. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z You will find in every circle that etiquette holds some sway; her rule is despotic in some places, in others mild, and easily set aside. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z Or for an end to doing business with despotic Saudi Arabia, or murderous Syria, or repressive Bahrain, or plenty of other unsavory places, including Russia, which has not entirely shaken its imperial ways. City Room: Deciding Foreign Policy in the Aisles of the Co-op 2012-03-29T13:19:22Z But his jealous and in so far despotic temper could not but have had an evil effect on his people. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z The long continuance of despotic government had gradually destroyed the active public spirit of which Stoicism was the expression. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z "Give us," exclaimed M. Thiers in the French Chamber, three or four years ago, when Imperialism had reached the zenith of its despotic power—"give us liberty as in Austria!" Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z He could govern, with almost despotic sway, a race unruly as the winds. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z In an arbitrary manner; by will only; despotically; absolutely. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z The kings do not enjoy unlimited or despotic power, and even the generals command more by example than by authority. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z A new despotic power, bearing alike on all classes, reduced them to an equality of servitude. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 1 of 2) 2012-03-28T02:00:20.770Z He would like to be idle, and perhaps to be despotic. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z Their desire and determination is to invest the clergy with absolute despotic power over all Church of England Schools. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; as, absolutist principles. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z In its fall it reacted disastrously upon the Church, and has bequeathed to it the corrupt and despotic unity of Papal Rome. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z To a certain extent, the Tien-wang was despotic in his government, for nothing could be undertaken without his special sanction. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z Americans often have some kind of notion that the Aristocracy govern the country directly and despotically, with the high hand of imperious feudalism. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z It was during that period that he first met Pavel and that his wife’s despotic uncle extorted a divorce from him. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn abhorrent. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z Since despotic government depends on might alone, and the voice of the people has no influence, every person in any way related to the ruler represents a danger. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Will there not be an outcry against this as despotic and as a violation of the rights of the citizen? A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z It cannot be like that of France, the throne of a Cæsar, a despotic institution claiming to exercise its despotism over the people by virtue of the will and delegated power of the people. Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches 2012-04-01T02:00:10.050Z When Granvella retired the three great nobles continued to resist the introduction of the Spanish Inquisition and of Spanish despotic rule into the Netherlands. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" 2012-03-15T02:00:32.250Z Even if General Booth prove himself equal to the occasion, the despotic nature of the management makes the success of the scheme precarious. Salvation Syrup; Or, Light On Darkest England 2012-03-14T02:00:28.613Z Under the system of congressional legislation that now obtains, the laboring and producing classes are being rapidly reduced to a state of servitude that would grace the most despotic government. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z Still, Panslavia occupies a conspicuous place even in the history of typography and literature, although our later periods have been dimmed by the intrusion of foreign or despotic princes. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 106, November 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-11T03:00:15.507Z She had grown up in the belief that his despotic guardianship was altogether for her good and not to be disputed. The White Blackbird 2012-03-10T03:00:15.513Z Paracelsus was perhaps one of the most singular enthusiasts that ever swayed the schools of medicine, or assumed a despotic stand in science. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z The necessity of expending this labor placed the money volume of any country beyond the control of the kings and conquerors who, in the primitive periods of society, exercised despotic sway over their subjects. Money: Speech of Hon. John P. Jones, of Nevada, On the Free Coinage of Silver; in the United States Senate, May 12 and 13, 1890 2012-02-29T03:00:21.727Z His property is taken from him by what can only be termed a superior, despotic, power, and appropriated without his consent for the benefit of a private corporation. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z Wherever there was a majority in favor of slavery," writes the Count of Paris, "public opinion behaved despotically to the minority. Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) 2012-02-27T03:00:14.477Z Every year he became more overbearing and despotic; every year added to the total of discontent. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z They had no rulers, properly speaking; each house-father was a despotic prince in his own house, and lived alone upon his territory, just that he might be free and rule his realm independently. Pine Needles 2012-02-20T03:00:19.367Z The despotic Prussian system welcomed the great philosopher as its defender. Transcendentalism in New England A History 2012-02-18T03:00:16.210Z Such taxation can be imposed by no other government than a despotic one, where the will of the despot is the supreme law, and where might rather than right is the controlling power. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z Gabrielle, though she felt nettled at being taken despotically in hand, and thrust aside, was not prepared to interfere, for manifestly the arrangements were for the good of the darlings. The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France 2012-02-15T03:00:38.533Z Indeed, there are few things in which the empire of fashion is more absolute, and more despotic. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z But outside his own family the high-priest ruled with almost despotic power. The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos 2012-02-14T03:00:25.940Z The Khan of each tribe is practically its despotic ruler, and every tribesman is bound to hold himself at his disposal. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:15.857Z Indeed, the old despotic maxim, "The king can do no wrong," that his acts cannot be questioned, seems to have descended to these monopolies. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z You must be despotic and prompt, and your policy must not vibrate. Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs 2012-02-12T03:00:11.843Z He ruled with an iron hand, but though despotically, yet on the whole wisely and well. From the Lakes of Killarney to the Golden Horn 2012-02-15T03:00:25.610Z In short, the mere overthrow of a despotic government does not assure stable political institutions nor efficient administration of public affairs. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z It will rescue California from the control of a single corporation, from the government of an oligarchy united, watchful, despotic, and vindictive. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z That court has engaged in judicial legislation, and fastened upon the people a despotic government, with railroad corporations as their rulers. Monopolies and the People 2012-03-12T03:00:23.687Z For so despotic a character, the Housekeeper had a surprisingly feminine capacity for hysterics, of which she made the most the night of the fire. Our House And London out of Our Windows 2012-02-03T03:00:24.190Z The injustice of despotic rulers is exemplified in the fable of the Kite and the Wolf. The Moral Instruction of Children 2012-02-02T03:04:33.057Z The South American struggle for self-government and free ideals has been a long, bloody, and heroic grapple with the reactionary and despotic forces brought over from mediæval Europe. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z INDIANAPOLIS– Like a despotic ancient empire, the N.F.L. carves its oppressive iconography into the very face of the cities it conquers. The Fifth Down: Everything Indy: The Invastion of the Roman Numerals 2012-01-30T18:41:52Z So strong is their aversion to despotic power," says the author, "that force will never do; they will yield to nothing but persuasion. History of Halifax City 2012-01-26T03:00:13.263Z Hence, in the middle ages, this custom was frequent, and is yet, in most oriental despotic countries. Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II 2012-01-25T03:00:34.150Z This struck me as the natural consequence of their long subjection to despotic power. Julia Ward Howe 1819-1910 2012-01-24T03:00:23.377Z His temper changed, and he grew severe, suspicious, intolerant, and despotic. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:11.530Z We notice the entirely despotic power of the husband over the wife, and all belonging to her. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z During half of the day he was more despotic than he had ever been, but later he seemed very tired; he slept in his aunt's arms all the way home. The Front Yard 2012-01-09T03:00:23.183Z You must: you was witness to the glow of animation that reigned despotic over every lovely feature when she had got a pair-royal of braggers in her snowy fingers. The Sylph, Volume I and II 2012-01-09T03:00:19.583Z The king, George the Third, was a dull, obstinate man, disposed to be despotic. The Freedmen's Book 2012-01-05T03:00:39.763Z He has never been delivered from the superstition that "the sense of justice is the bedrock of the Puritan soul"—the Puritan soul, narrow, despotic, cruelly unjust! The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z The whole country was divided up into territories over which the feudal chiefs reigned as absolute and despotic kings. Legal Lore Curiosities of Law and Lawyers 2012-01-17T03:00:20.443Z But Melancholy's glooms assail my breast, For potent nature reigns despotic here;— A nation ruin'd, and a world oppress'd, Might rob the boldest Stoic of a tear. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z And was his father, the most despotic and violent of baronets, and very much dipt, likely to listen to sentimental twaddle pleading against a hundred thousand a year? Checkmate 2012-01-03T03:00:10.887Z The older and livelier of the two had the name of Pistola, and treated his companion in despotic fashion, bullying him with kicks and cuffs when the Colonel's back was turned. The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z The Netherlands had risen against the Austrians, and in January 1790 had declared themselves independent; Hungary, angered by Joseph’s despotic measures, was in revolt, and the other parts of the monarchy were hardly more contented. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z This action of Government weakened the ranks of its supporters among the Hungarian magnates, who thus found themselves exposed to the charge of being more despotic than the Cabinet of Metternich itself. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Are these too few?—then see despotic power Spends on a throne of logs her busy hour. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z "Is not Don Pedro Miranda here?" asked Pe�a, now at his ease, and resuming the despotic military air peculiar to him. The Fourth Estate, vol.1 2011-12-25T03:00:10.170Z Evidently the memory of some despotic nurse was rankling. A Knight on Wheels 2011-12-24T03:08:07.830Z If it exists in the head of a family, every member of it will be despotic according to the degree of power of some other member or members. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z Napoleon, while he despised the inefficient government of the Directory, was by no means willing that the despotic Bourbons should crush the spirit of liberty in France. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Can they whom half the world admires, can they Be advocates for vile despotic sway? The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z If production, as in despotic countries, were principally labouring that some men might wear cloth of gold whilst others went naked, then we should say that production was exclusively for the rich oppressor. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z Thus, no matter how despotic he became, he and his marshals and new-made kings were the most terrible democracy. Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent 2011-12-24T03:07:57.647Z For he is a king, or rather a despotic emperor; he holds complete control over his subjects and compels them to do whatever he wishes. Memoirs of Mrs. Rebecca Steward 2011-12-24T03:07:54.433Z Napoleon performed another act at this time, which drew down upon him a very heavy load of obloquy from the despotic governments of Europe, but which must secure the approval of every generous mind. Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 2011-12-25T03:00:11.297Z Subjected to despotic sway, Compelled all mandates to obey, Once in this dome I humbly bowed, A member of the murmuring crowd, Where Pedro Blanco held his reign, The tyrant of a small domain. The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z There have been innumerable obstacles to the extension of knowledge since the days when books were written on the papyrus—obstacles equally raised up by despotic blindness and popular ignorance. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z He was found guilty again and sent back to his cell; but the despotic power of the press was demonstrated. What Will People Say? A novel 2011-12-17T03:00:18.490Z Kings shivered on their thrones and despotic governments trembled. Henrietta Maria 2011-12-15T03:00:14.290Z But, on the other hand, a dog may easily receive too much discipline; he becomes like the child of a despotic father. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z The mother of Guido, a proud, avaricious woman, who governed the household despotically, took to stinting it even in the necessary food. The Old Yellow Book Source of Robert Browning's The Ring and the Book 2011-12-08T03:00:22.847Z In despotic countries, that insecurity is produced by the tyranny of one. Knowledge is Power: A View of the Productive Forces of Modern Society and the Results of Labor, Capital and Skill. 2011-12-24T03:08:00.833Z We shall find that this kingdom was not without its warlike races and priestly families, that Zariaçpa and Bactria were the centres of it, and that the sovereigns attained despotic power. The History of Antiquity Vol. V. 2011-12-06T03:00:24.110Z The religious houses are suppressed, the schools of divinity reduced, the priesthood almost starved, because France is determined to keep the Pope on his despotic throne. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z In the end a second constitution, partly framed by Grey himself, was granted them, and Grey, after eight years of despotic but successful rule, was transferred to Cape Colony. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Their hopes of finding fortune had been but a youthful dream, and had ended in making them prisoners to a wild and despotic savage. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z In his youth he had been as despotic as Agatha; but he was an old man now, and weary; and his daughter overawed him. Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z The public offices were used to support additional taxation, and to strengthen the despotic rule of the Captain-General. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z It must be admitted that Frederick offered no very determined resistance to his mother's despotic will, however. The Seven Cardinal Sins: Envy and Indolence 2011-11-28T03:00:23.427Z I said; and the cook, who was despotic master of his own domain, jerked his thumb over his shoulder in the direction of the house. The Mistress of Bonaventure 2011-11-28T03:00:22.190Z The political system appears to have been a despotic monarchy, and the realm of the monarch to have extended to far wider limits than those of the “city-states” of historical Greece. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z As in other respects, so in this, he governed the family with nearly despotic power. Socialism 2011-11-27T03:00:13.337Z This power was exercised whenever he felt that the councils were growing too liberal in their ideas and actions, and enabled him to exercise a despotic power and coerce public opinion. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z The enemies in his camp multiplied, for his increasingly despotic rule gave them abundance of grievances. Stories of the Badger State 2011-11-27T03:00:12.687Z "The concentrating these in the same hands is precisely the definition of despotic government." Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z He could suspend or remove any official, and in fact was almost despotic. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z I do not apprehend that the present Executive of the United States will assume despotic powers. The Life of Lyman Trumbull 2011-11-20T03:00:11.243Z For as I wish my country's welfare I could not second an illegal, arbitrary, despotic government that is annihilating our land. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z This is also partly true even under governments more or less despotic, where the will of the ruler, not of the ruled, is made the basis of law. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z The heavy expenses of the war in the Netherlands and with Turkey led to a despotic method of obtaining pecuniary supplies. The Story of Seville 2011-11-15T03:00:17.143Z All these authorities exercised despotic power, and certainly ill-treated and robbed their own countrymen who did not desire to join them, far more than the Spaniards have ever done in the worst of times. The Inhabitants of the Philippines 2011-11-23T03:00:21.653Z If Nature is to rule despotically, there is obviously no place for a constitutional limitation of her sole power by the effective counsel and protests of Reason. Morals and the Evolution of Man 2011-11-14T03:00:18.930Z He wrote in 1836 a notable criticism of the despotic administration of Tacon, and an analysis of the condition in which Cuba found herself under such government. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z For twenty years his despotic rule gave peace and security to the Eastern world. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z These questions are the direct outcome of modern popular government; they are equally unknown to the small democracies of ancient times and to despotic governments at all times. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Their government, like that of all other barbarous nations, was despotic, and the nobles were less numerous and more tyrannical than in Poland. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, 7th ed. Vol. 2 of 2 2011-11-11T03:00:31.270Z It was not to be himself as a private individual who opposed his wrongs against despotic power, but the people of France found through him a voice crying aloud for vengeance. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z The power of the Emperor over the laws of the country as well as over the lives of the people, was perfectly despotic. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z The papa and mamma could only take their meals, rest, and exercise at such times and in such manner as the despotic infant permitted. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z The rule of the prince over two distinct nations in the same land was necessarily despotic; the old Teutonic freedom was necessarily lost. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z Up in the Blue Realm U Klew continued his despotic and arrogant sway, while his gentle and noble wife spared no pains to gratify his every wish. Folk-Tales of the Khasis 2011-11-01T02:00:19.730Z In the presence of a stranger, too, this filial crime was revealed; a despotic passion had made him thus guilty. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z If the act of Henry VIII. in England was unjust and cruel, it was matched both in boldness and wickedness by the despotic decree of the unrelenting Charles of Spain. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z In fact, I suspect that he is of the Helston order of men—rigid, despotic, and self-willed. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z Louis XIV., a despotic monarch, with as yet unexhausted resources, had it within his power to strike first. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" 2011-11-13T03:00:13.177Z The Kukis are strictly monarchical, and their chiefs are absolutely despotic, and may murder or sell their subjects into slavery without a murmur of dissent. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z La mode and its tyranny approach somewhat to the sense, but still it remains unintelligible to us Germans, because we have no idea of the capricious, silly, and despotic laws of fashion in England. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Several Mexican states rose independently against the despotic act. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z He had scant sympathy with local privileges, and in fighting them his conduct was doubtless despotic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 1 "Franciscans" to "French Language" 2011-10-22T02:00:29.487Z Through success in managing their affairs, he gradually increased his usefulness to the buccaneers until he obtained complete control over them, and ruled them as despotically as a tribal chieftain. Gentlemen Rovers 2011-10-22T02:00:27.907Z Under Captain Butler they did good service, and would have gone anywhere when led by him.1 The Cacharees were governed formerly by a race of despotic chiefs. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z Never had this absolute master exercised a more despotic power; this pitiless god seemed to place his iron thumb on the eyes of the prisoner, and to close them by force. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z In 1661 and 1662, the despotic conduct of the Spaniards to the Indians stirred up sedition in the south as well as at the north. Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of That Country From the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time; With a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization; A Historical Sketch of the Late War; And Notices of New Mexico and California 2011-11-02T02:00:11.380Z For the last fifty years, "Offensive" Imperialism has been the German despotic Imperialism. England, Canada and the Great War 2011-10-20T02:00:21.577Z It cannot be denied, perhaps, that a reforming spirit was wanted in that country; their government was not more despotic, than their church was superstitious and corrupt. Considerations on Religion and Public Education 2011-10-19T02:00:19.747Z
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