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“Many strongmen, past and present, have used populist rhetoric that defines their nations as bound by faith, race, and ethnicity rather than by legal rights. For authoritarians, only some people are "the people," regardless of their birthplace or citizenship status, and only the leader, above and beyond any institution, embodies that group. This is why, in strongman states, attacking the leader is seen as attacking the state itself, and why critics are labeled enemies of the people or terrorists.”
― Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present

“He is a liar, a thief, a killer and a cannibal. And he is running for political office! Someone must stop him.”
― Charles Soule

“so much of nature as he is ignorant of,so much of his own mind does not yet posess”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson

“[U]se extreme caution, and please remember that 451 degrees Fahrenheit is more than just a book a title....”
― Ammon Shea, The Phone Book: The Curious History of the Book That Everyone Uses But No One Reads

“It might be useful to think about authoritarianism, totalitarianism, or any kind of dictatorship in the same way we think about dangerous, life-threatening, infectious diseases. The best prevention against such a disease is to build immunity. Education is like a vaccination. Understanding history is part of the process of making ourselves more immune to the dangers of dictatorship.”
― Kenneth C. Davis

“The capital city of the Dominican Republic is Santo Domingo, founded in 1496 by Bartholomew Columbus, Christopher’s brother. Rafael Leónidas Trujillo served as President from 1930 to 1938 and again from 1942 to 1952, continuing to rule for the rest of the time as an unelected strongman using figurehead presidents. He renamed the capital city of the Dominican Republic to Ciudad Trujillo after himself. His régime lasted for over thirty years, until his assassination on May 30, 1961, while riding in his car on the outskirts of the city. After he was gunned down, his riddled body was taken to France and interred in the famous Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, bringing to an end “La Era de Trujillo.â€� Six years later Trujillo’s body was moved to the El Pardo Cemetery near Madrid, Spain, where it now rests.”
― Captain Hank Bracker, "Salty & Saucy Maine"

“It´s a populist irony--the strongman comes to power by making impossible and destructive promises to the disenfranchised. Do they actually have any intention of helping these people? Of course not. In fact, they´ll actively stymie any reforms that will actually make the system more fair. All that matters is their iron grip on their ignorant base and the power that comes from it.”
― Ryan Holiday, Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius

“Being healthy and strong is hard.
Being unhealthy and weak is very hard.”
― Raven., Hero, Vol. 2: A Self-Improvement Workbook Series, The Most Epic Diet Ever & Ultimate Training