There are four characteristics which brand a country unmistakably as a dictatorship: one-party rule, executions without trial or with a mock trial for political offenses, the nationalization or expropriation of private property, and censorship. A country guilty of these outrages forfeits any moral prerogatives, any claim to national rights or sovereignty, and becomes an outlaw.


The Virtue of Selfishness (ed. Penguin, 1964) - ISBN: 9781101137222


There are four characteristics which brand a country unmistakably as a dictatorship: one-party rule, executions without trial or with a mock trial...

There are four characteristics which brand a country unmistakably as a dictatorship: one-party rule, executions without trial or with a mock trial...

There are four characteristics which brand a country unmistakably as a dictatorship: one-party rule, executions without trial or with a mock trial...

There are four characteristics which brand a country unmistakably as a dictatorship: one-party rule, executions without trial or with a mock trial...