Dictator Cartoons

"We don't need NATO. We need Tito."

"I'll give everybody freedom of nice speech."

"I was just going to say, 'Well, I don't make the rules.' But, of course, I do make the rules."

"Why can't you be more like Hutchinson? You don't hear him complaining."

"On the other hand, he's really good on infrastructure and tax reform."

"Freedom and crime go hand in hand, Your Honor. Look at Russia."

"The latest poll shows your approval rating holding steady at a hundred per cent."

"Go find out why a peasant is giggling at midday."

"As my buddy Vladimir says, you can't spell 'Commander-in-Chief' without 'comrade.'"

"Now go to the comment box under your picture and type, 'No matter what you've been hearing, I'm really a very nice person.' "

"You have no new messages."

"This gives my confidence a real boost."

"Aaah . . . The smell of fresh-mown employees."

"Sorry, Chief, but Bianca Jagger is here to check on human-rights abuses."

Maybe Saddam doesn't have an email address.

"I'm concerned about my legacy - kill the historians."

"You denounce the scourge of American imperialism, reject the authority of the U.N. and the World Bank, and then a little joke."

"We see strong evidence that North Korea has developed atomic hot wings."

"But, first, my impression of Mussolini."

"The Year of the Rooster has gotten off to an auspicious start."

Bashar al-Assad

"I want to be feared as a tyrant, loved as a father, and revered as a god, but I also want them to think I'm funny."

" 'To the peasants: Love you guys, love you all.' Sign it me."

"I can't say I like the looks of that bunch."

The Emperor's Newspaper