It is always better to be loved than feared.
See, because people really think having power and status protects them and it doesn't. Having power and status creates envy and unfairness. Then people think if "I prove myself to be the most evil and brutal motherfukker someone ever seen nobody is gonna fukk with me" then that is just going to create hatred and contempt.
When it comes to justice, when it comes to doing the right thing, nobody is going to be afraid of you. They are just going to be determined to get rid of you.
The Nazis tried to assassinate Hitler.
Albert Anastasia, the baddest motherfukker in the Mob with hundreds of bodies under his belt, was assassinated.
Nobody gives a shyt about how scary try to make yourself. Nobody is going to give a shyt about how many people you killed. When people want you gone, you gonna get gone.
Now love is different. When people love you, they want to protect you. When people love you, they want to see you succeed. When people love you, they want to help you. When people love you, they'll accept your failures with grace.
Only a complete idiot would rather be feared than loved. I ain't scared of nobody, I don't give a fukk, we can both be crash test dummies and see who survives. But, if I love you, I'll do anything within reason for you.