"Return to your duty and guard the Stairway.

I will look after these strangers." The man bowed and departed, and Dorothy asked wonderingly: "Is he a Dictator, too ?" "Of course," was the answer.

"Everybody here is a dictator of something or other.

They're all office holders.

That's what keeps them contented.
But I'm the Supreme Dictator of all, and I'm elected once a year.