| At times, it has been made too easy for autocrats to untruly claim that democracy movements are agents of foreign forces. |
| Never before have the ruling autocrats been as naked in the eyes of their publics as they are now. |
| Somewhere even the dictators and autocrats who send ambassadors to dialogue with ambassadors from free states know that to be true. |
| Democrats can build state capacity, probably more effectively than autocrats. |
| Instead, he seeks to change it by promoting liberty, freedom, and eventual democracy in countries ruled by autocrats. |
| We understand we are making the terrorists, dictators and autocrats nervous. |
