Controversial Sayings

China has turned Tibet into a hell on earth.

I have conquered for myself, but I have conquered for Russia.

A conquering army on the border is an admirable school of instruction for the people.

The three greatest follies of mankind are: love, ambition, and the desire to govern.

It is not possible to achieve great progress by violence. Indeed, it is by kindness and gentleness that progress is achieved.

I have conquered Jerusalem. Now I shall conquer the world.

The strong eat the weak. That is the law of nature.

Seek knowledge throughout the world, and thus strengthen the foundations of imperial rule.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

The end result of the revolution can only be the dictatorship of the proletariat.

The United States has no right to tell us what to do. We are a sovereign nation.

We must be hard, because the masses need to be hard.

I always cheer up immensely if anything is said to me that is particularly wounding, because I think, 'There is someone who need not be considered.'

Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

The American people are not going to be stampeded by a bunch of wild-eyed, radical college students.

I don't think that any entirely civilized people can fight with the tremendous and joyous ferocity which characterizes the Zulu or Apache.

Segregation is not a humiliation but a benefit, and ought to be so regarded by you gentlemen.

The nigger is out of his place, and will always be out of his place as long as he is an inferior race.

Some of our people have been so indoctrinated that they can't think for themselves. They just follow the party line.