He buried 460 scholars alive; we have buried forty-six thousand scholars alive… You [intellectuals] revile us for being Qin Shi Huangs. You are wrong. We have surpassed Qin Shi Huang a hundredfold. When you berate us for imitating his despotism, we are happy to agree! Your mistake was that you did not say so enough.
I’ll allow it if the “scholars” are business/econ majors in the West or
Edit: Read the replies below and happy to know that this is the case — the quote is so much more based with context