From Augusto Pinochet and Mao Zedong to Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein these are 25 quotes by infamous leaders and dictators.
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"Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it" - Adolf Hitler
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“Death is the solution to all problems. No man – no problem.” – Joseph Stalin
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“You cannot run faster than a bullet.” – Idi Amin
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“There is no state with a democracy except Libya on the whole planet.” - Moammar Gadhafi
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“Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to do another. Then you do neither what you said nor what you intended.” - Saddam Hussein
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“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.” – Mao Zedong
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“We love death. The U.S. loves life. That is the difference between us two.” – Osama bin Laden
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“The only white man you can trust is a dead white man.” – Robert Mugabe
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“Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.” – Josef Stalin
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"I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have five million human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction." - Adolf Eichmann
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"I don't care if they respect me so long as they fear me." - Caligula
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"Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts." - Benito Mussolini
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"One man with a gun can control 100 without one." - Vladimir Lenin
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“The oppressed peoples can liberate themselves only through struggle. This is a simple and clear truth confirmed by history.” – Kim Il-Sung
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“I want you to know that everything I did, I did for my country.”- Pol Pot
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"I'm not a dictator. It's just that I have a grumpy face." - Augusto Pinochet
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"I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few." - Adolf Hitler
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"It's not for me. I tried human flesh and it's too salty for my taste." - Idi Amin
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"A lie told often enough becomes the truth." - Vladimir Lenin
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"Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel." - Che Guevara
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"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte
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"I am the object of criticism around the world. But I think that since I am being discussed, then I am on the right track." - Kim Jong-Il
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"Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard." - Genghis Khan
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"I do not see why man should not be just as cruel as nature." - Adolf Hitler
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“One death is a tragedy; one million is a statistic.” – Josef Stalin
