11.   Any defiance of the authoritarian regime would have dire consequences.

12.   This was a cynical hint that, if Spain had an authoritarian regime, it was because the Spanish people were ungovernable otherwise.

13.   An alliance between workers, peasants and petty bourgeoisie necessitates a bureaucratic authoritarian regime.

14.   The temptation simply to continue with presidential rule would be enormous and another authoritarian regime would be born.

15.   And political change, first in Thailand and South Korea, now in Indonesia, has shown that Asians do not really prefer to live under authoritarian regimes.

16.   Authoritarian regimes, having little legitimacy, can almost never admit a mistake.

17.   Authoritarian regimes and non-Communist totalitarian governments committed a third of the murders.

18.   Authoritarian East Asian regimes take a variety of steps against ordinary citizens, academics, journalists, opposition politicians and even outsiders.

19.   But so far, unlike other authoritarian regimes in the Middle East, it has not tried to block or filter access to the Internet.

20.   Did you feel guilty working for an authoritarian regime?