Benevolent Despot Quotes
- Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others… — Eric Hoffer
- The American cultural ideal of the self-made man, of everyone standing on his own feet, is as tragic a picture as the initiative – destroying… — Kurt Lewin
- If Despotism failed only for want of a capable benevolent despot, what chance has Democracy, which requires a whole population of capable voters. — George Bernard Shaw