“It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.” ― Benito Mussolini
"Of course there is a freedom of speech. but I can't guarantee freedom after speech." ― Idi Amin
"They were jealous of me because I had an empire and they didn't." ― Jean-Bédel Bokassa
"The real leader is the one who can persuade people." ― Saddam Hussein
"To keep you is no benefit. To destroy you is no loss." ― Pol Pot
"The power lies with the people." ― Muammar Gaddafi
"The victor will never be asked if he told the truth." ― Adolf Hitler
"History shows that there are no invincible armies." ― Joseph Stalin
"Serve the people." ― Mao Zedong
"Democracy is not for Africa." ― Mobutu Sese Seko
"Only God who appointed me will remove me." ― Robert Mugabe
"Not a leaf moves in this country if I'm not the one moving it." ― Augusto Pinochet
"I am responsible only to God and history." ― Francisco Franco
"A leader is a dealer in hope." ― Napoleon Bonaparte
"The die is cast." ― Julius Caesar
"There is nothing impossible to him who will try." ― Alexander the Great
"I found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble." ― Augustus
"We will either find a way, or make one." ― Hannibal
"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting." ― Sun Tzu
"Diversity in counsel, unity in command." ― Cyrus the Great
"Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be. Be one." ― Marcus Aurelius
"Man is the master of everything and decides everything." ― Kim Il Sung
"Expect no change from me." ― Kim Jong Il
"No force in the world can block the advance of our people." ― Kim Jong Un
"The socialist revolution is irreversible." ― Nicolae Ceaușescu
"Freedom is won through blood." ― Enver Hoxha
"Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me." ― Fidel Castro
"No one has the right to beat you." ― Slobodan Milošević
"Perception is real, and the truth is not." ― Ferdinand Marcos
"The country needed firm decisions." ― Alberto Fujimori
"History will judge." ― Manuel Noriega
"We will never surrender to foreign pressure." ― Omar al-Bashir
"Strength is the guarantee of peace." ― Hafez al-Assad
"The price of chaos is much higher than the price of reform." ― Bashar al-Assad
"A nation without spirituality has no future." ― Saparmurat Niyazov
"Discipline is the foundation of the nation." ― Rafael Trujillo
"Yes, he may be a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, but he's our ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥." ― Anastasio Somoza García
"A lie told often enough becomes the truth." ― Vladimir Lenin
"Silence is argument carried out by other means." ― Che Guevara
"Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty." ― Ho Chi Minh
"He who feeds you controls you." ― Thomas Sankara
"If you're afraid, don't do it. If you're doing it, don't be afraid." ― Genghis Khan
"Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments." ― Frederick the Great
"I am the state." ― Louis XIV
"To have another language is to possess a second soul." ― Charlemagne

You haven’t really been to Ibiza until you’ve faced him. The Final Boss. Big Jack Kay.
He appears on Day 4. You’re weak. You’re sunburnt in strange places. You’ve eaten nothing but crisps and regret for 72 hours. Your soul has left your body and is watching from the pool bar.
Then he emerges from the mist. Not actual mist – vape cloud.
Muscles like he’s training for a fight with the sun. Skin tone: George Hamilton meets gravy granule. White vest clinging to him like it’s scared. Turkey teeth so bright you instinctively shield your eyes. Gold chain thicker than a tow rope.
The bowl cut. Immaculate. Like it’s been lasered into his scalp daily by a retired barber named Gaz who now lives in San Antonio and only takes payments in protein powder.
He’s on his third jug of sangria. It’s 11am. He orders a round of sambuca for the entire bar. No one asked. No one wants it. You take it anyway. It’s the law.
He calls everyone “bruv” and “princess.” Simultaneously. You feel slightly insulted and slightly flattered. He tells you he’s “semi-retired” and owns a gym called Iron Sanctuary that may or may not exist.
By 2pm he’s on someone’s shoulders, chanting for a club that’s never played in La Liga. By 4pm he’s doing push-ups in the smoking area to impress a hen do from Basingstoke. By 6pm… he’s gone.
Vanished. Like a bronzed fever dream. You check your phone. There’s a new contact.
Ibiza Final Boss