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I'm a benevolent dictator.

I think people believe I'm some kind of evil dictator sometimes. But I don't much care about that.

I grew up in a dictatorship in East Africa.

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

Dictators are interesting, no?

My personal influence in the Revolutionary Governing Council is such that the dictatorship of the proletariat is firmly established, since the masses are backing me.

Sometimes it's better to have a benign dictator than a dumb democracy, to be honest.

I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen.

A leader who is a benevolent dictator is actually a democrat by spirit.