They are not fighting to consolidate authoritarian powers in the president.

Authoritarian power allows one person to rule by threatening and terrifying others.

In a broader sense, he viewed this conflict as between enlightened spirit and authoritarian power.

They are in many cases minorities and suffer opposition from the public authorities, which more often than not represent authoritarian powers.

Whoever assumes the position of Nimrod has authoritarian powers.

America has fought five wars in this century - all basically to prevent authoritarian power from gaining control of Eurasia.

The Committee gave Mao the ability to exercise authoritarian power without being limited by elections and term limits.

The authoritarian power is represented by a huge white hand that moves slowly out of the wings and silently demands obeisance.

Finally, fewer and fewer subordinates will tolerate authoritarian power, at least in democratic societies.

"Then, Asian governments built strong partnerships with the private sector, which ultimately served as counterweights to authoritarian power.

They are sometimes trapped in the settling of scores between terrorists and fundamentalists and authoritarian powers.

Neither Brezhnev nor his colleagues were personally popular, and the new government relied on authoritarian power to assure its continuation.

You both believe democratic politics prevents making the hard and right decisions, and you both exercise authoritarian power.

It is much easier to make irresponsible pronouncements about preventive strikes or merely to try and consolidate authoritarian powers.

Authoritarian power is foreign to every line in the New Testament in which authority is mentioned.

Although the word "military" is never used about Jack, there is something about his manner that suggests military or authoritarian power.

It is a movie about ideology, collaboration, opportunism, fear and courage, elements common to many a confrontation between human nature and authoritarian power.

It advocates developing critical consciousness of how these structures of authoritarian power and control shape knowledge construction, cultural production and education.

In 1988, various pro-democracy demonstrations nearly succeeded to topple the authoritarian power structure, only to be replaced by the Army after a brutal crackdown.

Enclaves of authoritarian power?

But given the military's preponderance since independence in 1947, it seems likely that General Zia's sweeping, authoritarian powers will be claimed by the army.

Given Prin's behavior, it's no wonder that her claims on both her authoritarian power and her lover are in jeopardy.

The reason for the Government's refusal to comply with these obligations is simply that they would severely undercut the Government's authoritarian power.

A leadership change offers the regime an opportunity to shape a new narrative, and China's experience till now shows that economic reform need not threaten authoritarian power.

Ukraine's "orange revolution" was either a mass outpouring of popular will or the collapse of an enfeebled authoritarian power.