True, there is all sorts of religious extremism all over the place, but the reason for this partly has to do with the fascist attitudes and language of absolutism coming from Washington. It`s challenging for people outside of America that Bush was re-elected. It means we`re all going to have to work a lot harder to understand what so many more Americans than we thought really want. It`s an identity shift in our minds about America and maybe for many Americans as well.
- Tilda SwintonModern democracy was no doubt the most wholesome and needed reaction against the abuses of absolutism and of a selfish, often corrupt, bureaucracy.
- Alex CulbertsonThe principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.
- Allison BakerAll parties without exception, when they seek for power, are varieties of absolutism.
- Amy Koenning