A bit from the post I'm writing:

[quote]When had come to claim his throne, palace guards unable to recognize him had tried to stop him from entering the castle. Frederick flung one of them across the street, and it took five men with batons to halt his advance. It sounded like a story told to amuse children, but it was true.[/quote]

Cocaine-addicted leaders, and also leaders capable of flinging grown men across a street.