—"They will curse me for this. They will call me tyrant, monster, deceiver... And yet, when the last voice of rebellion fades, when their dreams cradle them in perfect stillness... they will know peace. Not freedom — no, freedom is a blade too sharp for trembling hands. But peace… true, unbroken peace. If cruelty is what it takes to give them that... then let history damn me. I will bear it all. I will be their lone star in the night sky"—.