Recently, I had the great fortune of spending a week is Lisbon. During my visit, I had fascinating conversations about history and politics. From 1932 to 1968, the country was ruled by Antonio de Oliveira Salazar—to some a great leader, to others a despotic ruler. Indeed, Salazar achieved success in Portugal’s economic growth in those years, but he also imprisoned critics and controlled the press. The fall of his party, the Estado Novo, came four years after his death in 1968 and a democratically elected government came into being in 1974.