Well, we survived, but democracy did not.

That did end up with vulnerable people in Afghanistan being exposed.

Myanmar is ruled by a military dictatorship.

And that regime that we got rid of was actually a dictatorship, an authoritarian regime, that for decades created a great sense of paralysis within the nation, within the people themselves.

His brutal dictatorship has been perpetrating since he took power.

But when I saw that, I said,

There was also Latin America.

Sounds an awful lot like a dictatorship to me.

The dictatorship came under fire for its human rights record.

My father made false papers for the dissidents against Franco in Spain, Salazar in Portugal, against the colonels' dictatorship in Greece, and even in France.

Human rights groups are putting pressure on authoritarian governments.

So why do economists fall in love with authoritarian governments?

Or they're responding to censorship requests by authoritarian regimes that do not reflect consent of the governed.

They were asking for democracy they were asking for freedom.

And first it's quite simple.

But to get to that stage, where democracy builds the fabric of society and the political choices within that fabric, but are certainly not theocratic and military dictatorship i.e. you're voting in a democracy, in an existing democracy, and that democracy is not merely one of the choices at the ballot box.

However, Gaddafi left behind a heavy burden, a legacy of tyranny, corruption and seeds of diversions.

Some of these economies were ruled by authoritarian governments in the 60s and 70s and 1980s.

The dictator arrogated judicial powers to himself.

Brazil radicalized very strongly.

What are qualities of a Bulgarian work?

The dictator abused his privileges to his heart's content.

And there on the table we took her, in turns.

If you look at the last 35 years and different social transitions, from dictatorship to democracy, you will see that, out of 67 different cases, in 50 of these cases it was nonviolent struggle which was the key power.

If you look at the statistical evidence worldwide, there's really no support for the idea that authoritarian governments hold a systematic edge over democracies in terms of economic growth.

Statically, China is a one party system, authoritarian there's no question about it.

It's incredible to be here in Libia and so inspiring to see the people of this country and those in the regions around to be able to overcome authoritarian regimes and to now have an opportunity to create free and prosperous societies.

Have you asked yourselves why and how so many dictatorships have collapsed over the last 30 years?

The notorious dictator abused his privileges to his heart's content.

I'll show you.

Add in the increased vulnerability of very large numbers of people in the developing world, caused by civil wars, ethnic conflicts, kleptocratic governments, disease ... you name it, you know it.

You have to pay the army and the police to show law and order.

For each of these successful authoritarian governments in East Asia, there's a matched failure.

Imagine for a moment

They have shown an exemplary bravery in confronting the brutal dictatorship of Gaddafi.

And it is no secret that many Islamic movements in the Middle East tend to be authoritarian, and some of the so called Islamic regimes such as Saudi Arabia, Iran and the worst case was the Taliban in Afghanistan they are pretty authoritarian.

Al Gore or George Bush,

I will not trade one dictatorship for another!

Only a Sith deals in absolutes.

Then I guess that makes it a dictatorship.

And so it's really it's really how suddenly, you know, this was made in 1997, which is the time of Abacha the military dictatorship, the worst part of Nigerian history, this post colonial history.

The world is fucked up.

Cossacks, what are you doing? Where are you going, brothers?

Harvey, the last man that they appointed to protect the republic was named caesar and he never gave up his power. okay, fine.

The Egyptian people, and many other Arabs who've revolted and are in transition, have very high expectations of the government.