Paul Wolfowitz Quotes

Dictators are interesting, no?

All executive power --- from the reign of ancient kings to the rule of modern dictators --- has the outward appearance of efficiency

Rule with an iron first will inevitably come to an end.

I am not a dictator, and I do not think I will become one. I will not maintain power with a machine gun.

Mr. Putin presents himself as a czar - and like any czar, he fears revolution above all else.

History has proved that dictators can't last forever.

Mobutu does not think he is God.

Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous.

An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.

You look at the greatest villains in human history, the fascists, the autocrats, they all wanted people to kneel before them because they don't love themselves enough.

I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men.

Cromwell is just as much of a bloody dictator as was Stalin.

Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law.

Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.

Dictators are ludicrous characters, and, you know, in my career and in my life, I've always enjoyed sort of inhabiting these ludicrous, larger-than-life characters that somehow exist in the real world.

I believe in benevolent dictatorships, provided I am the dictator.

The government of a single person is no assurance of a stable and tranquil government.

Oppressive government is more terrible than tigers.

You can't be a dictator any more; anyone who tries to play the part of God will stumble.

The more a regime claims to be the embodiment of liberty the more tyrannical it is likely to be.

The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands of others the submissiveness of sheep.

The army and the government needs a dictator.

One Hundred and Seventy Three Despots would surely be as oppressive as one.

This is the only country in the world where a dictator will be allowed to sit among a democratically elected Congress. Everywhere else evil dictators go into exile.