The primary basis of the power and right of kings and chiefs, that is, what made others obey them, awe them and honor them, in the world of Tradition was their transcendent superhuman quality, which was not a mere figure of speech, but a powerful and awe-inspiring reality. ... In the same way, the idea that power is given to the ruler by those whom he rules, and that his authority is an expression of society and subject to its sanction, is completely foreign to the world of Tradition.

— Julius Evola