“We can state with conviction, therefore, that a man's support for absolute government is in direct proportion to the contempt he feels for his country.”
“A man's admiration for absolute government is proportionate to the contempt he feels for those around him.”
“The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.”
“When a Westerner meets someone from a poor country, he feels deep contempt. He assumes that the poor man's head must be full of all the nonsense that plunged his country into poverty and despair.”
“Perhaps he's reached that state of intoxication which power is said to inspire, the state in which you believe you are indispensable and can therefore do anything, absolutely anything you feel like, anything at all.”
“The quality of a man's life is in direct proportion to his commitment to excellence.”