"Saddam's politics was the politics of the thug, of violence from the outset of his reign. Realism suggests that some people are not going to be tractable in response to purely peaceable overtures. Ind..."
- Jan Narveson
"Just thugs only ever got so far. The best thugs were all psychologists."
- China Miéville
"Government is a ruling structured thuggery."
- Toba Beta