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Dictators may be faithless and brutal to their own people, but in the rarefied circle of fellow dictators, a kind of camaraderie flourishes.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026

There was a detainee named Margarete Buber-Neumann, who wrote an amazing memoir, Under Two Dictators.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026

Scott Kempner, a guitarist and songwriter and a co-founder of the Dictators, one of the first punk rock bands, died on Wednesday.

From New York Times • Nov. 29, 2023

Mr. Kennedy reintroduced his “No Dollars for Dictators Act” last week, an initiative that he first brought up in 2021.

From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2023

Dictators, however, steadily decreased in number and gave place often to presidential autocrats who were continued in office by constant reelection and who were imbued with modern ideas.

From Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors by Shepherd, William R. (William Robert)