"Our nation is under threat from a group that is different from us. I don't need to go into extensive details of the threat, just trust me that it is there. Unlike those weak leaders prior, *I* can stop them. In order to do so, I will need more power than someone in my position usually has, none of this checks and balances nonsense. The media is betraying our country if they don't support me."
  -- Every rising totalitarian, ever