Dictatorship Cartoons

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

"The United States wants you to become a democracy."

"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."

"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.'"

"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.

"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."

"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."

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

"This is what you get for trying to be a wit."

"He was once funny ha-ha, but now he's just funny terrifying."

"You're probably wondering why we asked you here today."

"Is there anyone else in bookkeeping who would like one last picture with Mr. Pinkston?"

"My goodness, if I'd known how badly you wanted democracy I'd have given it to you ages ago."

"It's from the boss. We're to commit mass suicide."

"It's O.K. to admit that the sanctions are taking their toll."