March 8, 2025

A government needs one hundred soldiers for every guerrilla it faces.

Fulgeñcio Batista (1901–1973), dictator of Cuba, in El Caribe, New York, January 1, 1959, Seldes p.35

Don’t you think a legislature, executive, and judiciary composed of those who take seriously the welfare of the people is a better investment?

Batista knew of what he spoke. As of the date of the quotation, he was a displaced person, overthrown as Cuban strongman by one Fidel Castro.