He denounced clerical corruption, despotic rule and the exploitation of the poor.

They constitute the circus side of the bread-and-circus formula for despotic rule.

Unite with all those who hate the French and revolt against their despotic rule.

During his despotic rule, he made several purges and also suspended the imperial examination system.

He is known for claiming that climate in the Orient led to despotic rule.

The comic aspect of the dear leader can make it easy to forget that his despotic rule was responsible for much death and suffering.

It is also a mystery that has profound implications for a country trying to restructure its society and economy after years of despotic rule.

Since 1944, it had done so only by exercising what was generally regarded as Europe's most despotic rule.

Another six years of the Taliban's despotic rule had gone by before things began to look up for democracy.

The document proposed political terrorism as a means of struggle against Russian despotic rule.