Dictatorship, by whatever name, is founded on the doctrine that the individual amounts to nothing; that the State is the only one that counts; and that men and women and children were put on earth solely for the purpose of serving the state.

When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.

We must face the fact that peace must be built on power, as well as upon good will and good deeds.

My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. To tell the truth, there's hardly a difference.

The newcomers quickly learned their way about and soon felt at home. The Homestead Act of 1862 provided them, as well as many other pioneers, with an opportunity to acquire land and establish family farms. To the land-hungry immigrants, the tough prairie sod seemed a golden opportunity and they conquered it by hard work.

There is a lure in power. It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do

I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.