"Excuse me, sir, but if you wanted to you could shut down the papers, couldn't you? And forbid the train and put anyone you like in prison, yes?"

Still staring down at the city, Lord Vetinari said, "My dear Mister Lipwig, you are clever and certainly smart but you have yet to find the virtue of wisdom, and wisdom tells a powerful prince that firstly he shouldn't put just anyone he likes in prison, because that is where he puts the people he doesn't like, and secondly…

— Raising Steam by Terry Pratchett (Discworld, #40) (25%)