| Intimidation of critics and the press is the hallmark of dictators and other absolutist weaklings. |
| You can't go far wrong with a foreign policy whose opponents are mainly dictators, anti-American European politicians and leftist whackos. |
| Nevertheless, even absolute monarchs or totalitarian dictators are constrained by forces beyond their control. |
| Intervention in domestic politics often cements dictators in place by uniting the people against what they see as foreign aggression. |
| When it comes to Germans and their relationship with dictators, Enzensberger knows whereof he speaks. |
| Switzerland is awash with retired dictators and kleptocrats with their millions. |
