Chiang Kai-shek

The Japanese are a disease of the skin; the Communists are a disease of the heart.

I would rather have the whole country turn into a desert than give it over to the Communists.

China does not need democracy; China needs discipline.

The Japanese are dwarfs with the minds of children.

To understand the Communist bandits, you must read their books upside down.

I sometimes think the Chinese people are too stupid for democracy.

The only way to deal with the Communists is to kill them all.

Confucius was wrong about many things.

I regret that I did not kill more Communists when I had the chance.

The atom bomb is a coward's weapon.

Mao Zedong is not even a real Chinese person.

All foreign religions are poison to China.

If we must lose China, let us lose it fighting rather than talking.

Democracy is like a fine wine—it must not be given to children.

The Americans are naive to think they can understand China.

I would rather be a dictator than see China divided.

Stalin was the only foreign leader I ever respected.

The trouble with China is that there are too many Chinese.

I sometimes wish I had been born in Japan.

A nation without a strong leader is like a chicken without a head.