Apparemment c’est sourcé :
All democracies turn into dictatorships—but not by coup. The people give their democracy to a dictator, whether it's Julius Caesar or Napoleon or Adolf Hitler. Ultimately, the general population goes along with the idea ... What kinds of things push people and institutions into this direction?
— George Lucas, https://web.archive.org/web/20020605161308/http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101020429/story2.html

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