I learned that authority without legitimacy collapses eventu... - Idi Amin

"I learned that authority without legitimacy collapses eventually."

Idi Amin Power

Dictator, Military Leader Ugandan 1925–2003

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"I have to say that the British were very wise in the way they used their poisonous gas in the Middle East."

"You cannot run faster than a bullet."

"I am the cleverest man in the world."

"The task before Uganda is to build a nation where all are equal."

"Power without control is just destruction."

"Power is not about control, it's about influence"

"The world doesn't need me to be the hero. It just needs me to be dangerous."

"The claws come out when I need them to."