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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and markedly on the side of authority. The truth is I would rather err on the side of too much authority than too little.

Don’t be a blueprint. Be an original.

No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.

The wisest have the most authority.

A civil servant doesn’t make jokes.

Leadership does not depend on being right.

They have the ability to take a person’s freedom from them. On certain situations, they have the ability to take a person’s reputation. And under certain circumstances, they have the authority to take a person’s life.

To rule is not so much a question of the heavy hand as the firm seat.

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.