Oh yeah, they said it...

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The Meaning of Freedom:

"Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do."
-Rudolph "Rudy" Giuliani
March 19, 1994

tough guy.

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"If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator."
-George W. Bush
December 18, 2000

"A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it."
-George W. Bush
July 26, 2001