[Daveinyork]

Robert Heinlein once said that given a choice between a benevolent dictatorship and an efficient democracy, he’d take the benevolent dictatorship. The problem is that both are equally rare.

[GonzoGOP]

Robert Heinlein once said that given a choice between a benevolent dictatorship and an efficient democracy,

The former is a lie and the latter a fairy tale.

[Boiling Pots]

Wherever there is a jackboot stomping on a human face there will be a well-heeled Western liberal to explain that the face does, after all, enjoy free health care and 100 percent literacy.
- John Derbyshire

http://is.gd/35oWe

[nina0113]

The trouble with a benevolent dictatorship is, someday the guy dies, and where do you get the next one? Hereditary? Election? What’s the process for removal if he stops being benevolent?

While it lasted, the Benevolent Dictatorship (mine would be, I promise, unless you don’t know how to merge onto a freeway) probably is as good as government gets.

[wbill]

Robert Heinlein once said that given a choice between a benevolent dictatorship and an efficient democracy, he’d take the benevolent dictatorship.

Yep, I'm inclined to agree.

An efficient government scares the hell out of me.