First impressions Quote by A.J. Jacobs

“Some of the most horrific dictators rose to power amidst chaos.” I”

— Donna Augustine

“I was never a dictator, I just had a huge amount of political clout.”

— Peter F. Hamilton

“If this were a dictatorship it would be a heck of a lot easier... as long as I'm the dictator. Hehehe.”

— George W. Bush

“In a dictatorship you must be careful about what you say. In a democracy you can say whatever you want… the important is that…

— Dario de Judicibus

“You only elect a dictator once.”

— Charles A. Cornell

“Why even dictate? Well, like a lot of other dictators, there's one man's opinion I value above all others. Mine.”

— Stephen Colbert

“In a post-totalitarian dictatorship, the grins of the people are the nightmares of the dictators.”

— Xiaobo Liu

“You find the most outrageous deviants in the countries with the most authoritarian systems.”

— Amélie Nothomb

“Great leaders attest to the wisdom and power that may lie within the most unlikely of us.”

— Susan Banfield

“Sometimes great power brings out the worst in us, and unfortunately, it isn't until people are given it that we see the true shades…

— Barbara Kloss

“Dictator is always stupid”

— Hadi Farnoud

“In a world devoid of towering political leaders, we seem to have become experts at growing idiots & elevating them to important positions.”

— Mamur Mustapha