despotism
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A closing chapter in Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America” is titled “What Sort of Despotism Democratic Nations Have to Fear.”
From Salon • May 17, 2025
“Both artificial Aristocracy, and Monarchy, and civil, military, political and hierarchical Despotism, have all grown out of the natural Aristocracy of ‘Virtues and Talents,’ ” he wrote.
From The New Yorker • May 23, 2019
Despotism is the enemy of the people, while a free press is the despot’s enemy and a guardian of democracy, Flake said.
From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2018
The Simplest of all possible Governments is a Despotism in one.”
From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2011
His last novel, Despotism, or the Fall of the Jesuits, appeared in 1811, but none of his romances was popular.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
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