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Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.

Harry S Truman
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This will give hope to millions of isolated, vulnerable, lesbian and gay people especially those living in repressive and homophobic countries.

Peter Tatchell
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The government of Nepal is not listening, there have been many recommendations, and many calls [for reform], but the government is using more and more repressive measures.

Nicholas Howen
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Although we are in a deadlock, we will not take repressive measures. Our immediate target is opening the road to give Freeport employees access.

Kartono Wangsadisastra
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Beyond repressive states, political instability drives many threats to press freedom in Africa.

Julia Crawford
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Many of these people came from repressive countries and regimes to begin with and had no love for speaking with authorities. The only way you overcome that is by building relationships with the community, and this had the opposite effect.

Vincent Cannistraro
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How to bring home to President Milosevic the need for an immediate end to repressive action.

Robin Cook
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Dangerous, repressive era with a man (Sharif) who has his finger on a nuclear button.

Benazir Bhutto
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It's a repressive society where you can't be horrible, I'm not horrible, they made me horrible, I'm just honest.

Johnny Rotten
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The internet has proven to be a force multiplier for freedom and a censor's nightmare as efforts by repressive regimes have failed to fully restrict or block growth and access to the internet. Nevertheless, there are severe challenges to this openness.

Josette Shiner
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He has two choices. One, come to an understanding with political parties accepting the role of a constitutional monarch. Two, go totally repressive as a dictator and risk the monarchy's future in the long run.

Yubaraj Ghimire
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China is one of the most repressive, yet sophisticated, governments in the world when it comes to restricting press freedom. Beijing is far and away the leading jailer of journalists [in the world], with over 32 different journalists behind bars.

Shawn Crispin
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Everything's so repressive now - it's the No generation. You can't do anything, you can't eat anything, you have to abstain.

Michael Douglas
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