Is it better for a political leader to be feared instead of loved? Why or why not?

I think it's better for a political leader to be loved instead of feared because if they are feared, we would be afraid to do anything wrong, even something little. When I think of a feared leader, I think of the dictatorship that Hitler created during WWII. Everyone was given the choice to either follow him or pretty much die. He has gestapo dressed as regular civilians so they could listen in on people and report everything back to Hitler, and if you said something bad about him or disagreed with him, there was a good chance you were killed or punished. I would not want to live in a country where I feared a political leader. Sed leader doesn't have to be feared just to be tough. They can be tough but still loved by their followers.