But his rule was, if not democratic, at least a light touch, and he gritted his teeth and mostly kept his concerns to himself.
This isn't the first time that the church has used the Nativity as an opportunity to remind people about issues of social justice and inequality, which probably would have been of great concern to Jesus himself.
In a leader they are even more alarming, because a powerful man in a fury is not a concern only to himself; that display of ugly emotion prevents anyone else around him from being able to think or respond without some degree of panic or fear themselves.
Of most concern to the president himself, one high-level aide said, is the perception that the United States would once again be meddling in the Middle East, where it has overturned many a leader, including Saddam Hussein.
In Spain Charles was concerned to make himself more absolute and therefore better able to undertake reform.
On a recent TV show, Mr Sarkozy, who is Mr Chirac's chief rival on the right, seemed concerned to promote himself more than the constitution.
The publication, in 1969, of the four-page article, "Science Without Experience", which argued that in principle experience is necessary at no point in the construction, comprehension or testing of empirical scientific theories finally gave notice that Feyerabend was no longer concerned to present himself as any kind of empiricist.
Having saved a little money, and feeling, in the course of his travels, the want of means of conveyance in the south of Ireland, he started a humble vehicle, and ultimately succeeded in establishing a vast concern, as creditable to himself as beneficial to his adopted country.
Finally, one person close to the governor recalled, Mr. Pataki took his concerns to the president himself a few weeks ago.
I assume they'll be at CES, and maybe we can put some of these concerns to the man himself.
