When a leader has deployed a private army, that is one definition of a police state. Another is when the president, or a leader, has his own treasury.
The models that the other parties have used where you have a very powerful leader squashing any kind of independent ideas from the grass roots is not very attractive to the electorate.
We want very good leaders who have a lot of power.
I believe that Israel is much stronger than many of its leaders.
Vladimir Putin is really very much of a leader. I mean, you can say, oh, isn't that a terrible thing - the man has very strong control over a country.
When a terrorist attack comes, you will not necessarily know who did it. What you can know is that certain kinds of leaders will use that to suspend your rights.
Even some of the most jaded D.C. types are still impressed when the leader of the free world enters the room.
