Dikteta ni kiongozi anayetawala nchi kwa amri yake peke yake bila ya kushauriwa na mtu, hasa yule aliyeingia madarakani kwa mtutu wa bunduki. Dikteta uchwara si dikteta, ni dikteta nusu.

Kiongozi wa wananchi au wa serikali hapaswi kuchaguliwa au kuteuliwa kwa ajili ya kupata sifa ya madaraka na hivyo kunyanyasa na kudharau watu kwa sababu ya madaraka yake, anapaswa kuchaguliwa au kuteuliwa kwa ajili ya kuleta mabadiliko katika nchi kama kiongozi wa dhima aliyokabidhiwa kwa unyenyekevu na heshima kwa wananchi wenzake.

تِلكَ عُقبى كُلِّ جَبّارٍ طَغى
أَو تَعالى أَو عَنِ الحَقِّ تَعامى

Stop obeying a dictator; you will then see that he is nothing! Stop obeying a king; you will then see that he is nothing! If you refuse the Devil, you will then see that he will shade away!

Nobody ever recommended a dictatorship aiming at ends other than those he himself approved. He who advocates dictatorship always advocates the unrestricted rule of his own will

The concept of the benevolent dictator, just like the concepts of the noble thief or the honest whore, is no more than a meaningless fantasy.