oderint dum metuant

(idea) by DrSeudo Sat Mar 01 2003 at 19:11:22

"Let them hate, so long as they fear."

Attributed to Lucius Accius, a Roman tragic poet (c. 170 BC). A favorite saying of the emperor Caligula, whose tyrannical, ruthless leadership style and slash-and-burn way of dealing with his enemies it perfectly embodied.

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