Word: authoritarianism
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...aides, he turned to Haig for the loyalty and competence he needed at a time when he was practically immobilized by Watergate. As White House Chief of Staff, Haig presided over the sinking Government with considerable grace and good humor and, though a military man, he was much less authoritarian than his predecessors. While many Democrats resented his role in trying to preserve Nixon's presidency, Leon Jaworski, then special prosecutor, now completely exonerates him of any wrongdoing. Haig helped maintain staff morale and ensure that essential business was done in Nixon's last days; he helped...
...globally. We cannot seek, however, to create mirror images of the U.S. in every developing area throughout the world. It neither serves the purpose of social justice nor the vital interests of America to pursue policies under the rubric of human rights that have the practical consequence of driving authoritarian regimes, traditionally friendly to the West, into totalitarian models where they will remain in a state of permanent animosity to the American people and their interests...
...harsh, military-backed regime, trooped obediently to the polls last week in a national plebiscite. The object of the exercise: approval or rejection of a new 238-article constitution giving the military an even more pervasive role in the future political life of the country. Under almost any other authoritarian regime in the world, the outcome would have been foregone. Not in Uruguay. To the acute embarrassment of the military, the constitution was resoundingly defeated, with 54% voting...
...nail right on the head when he questioned the Third World demand for a so-called free and balanced flow of information [Oct. 6]. The Third World attempt at news management represents little more than a self-serving exercise in journalism designed for the self-perpetuation of some authoritarian regime...
...twentieth century has shown us that a hollow and wholly perfunctory attachment to the procedures of humane government often defines authoritarian regimes. The pseudo-legalistic cant of their officials usually reveals nothing so much as a cynical, even barbaric disregard for the substance of a civilized legal system. Ambassador Barros' attempt to drape the mantle of due process over his regime has confirmed this dismaying truth...