He runs a country where the 1.1 million-member military wields a disproportionate degree of authority.
These strongmen are then rewarded with a disproportionate share of authority, out of expedience, thereby surrendering any beneficent gains derived from intervening in the first place.
Judy Robinson, chief executive, Involve Yorkshire & Humber "I hope that he [George Osborne] will reflect in his budget an understanding that the north is different: there have been disproportionate cuts on public authorities, and I hope that will be ended, if not reversed.
The tragedy is that the cuts have been disproportionate - those local authorities with the greatest need have been the worst hit.
They note, however, that authorities' usually disproportionate fear of potential disorder is often a pretext for security-driven, "command-and-control" responses that leave large areas without help and prioritise the protection of property over human life.
They note, however, that authorities' usually disproportionate fear of potential disorder is often a pretext for security-driven, "command-and-control" responses that leave large areas without help and prioritize the protection of property over human life.
The Met has accused the newspapers' trade magazine of making "vexatious requests... which are intended to be annoying or disruptive or which have a disproportionate impact on a public authority".
It went on to suggest that PG may be guilty of misusing or abusing the FoI act "by submitting requests which are intended to be annoying or disruptive or which have a disproportionate impact on a public authority".
There has been much debate about whether the authorities' response was disproportionate.
