Authority doesn't work without prestige, or prestige without distance.
It's impossible in normal times to rally a nation that has 265 kinds of cheese.
Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.
How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?
I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
It's better to have a bad plan then no plan at all.