It makes government strong. Dictatorship is claimed as the regime of a “strong man who gets things done.’ The reason is that it is a centralized government, in which no opposition parties are allowed and no criticism is permitted. All energies of the State are concentrated on the achievement of aims and ideals for which the dictatorship stands. The dictator gives a strong and efficient government to the country he rules. Hence dictatorship possesses vigour and energy.
It makes for efficient and prompt administration
Dictatorship is strong and more efficient and prompt than democracy in handling emergencies. Democracy works by committees, discussions, parliamentary debates, persuasion and compromise. Hence it takes democracy long to decide a question and execute decision. It seems to be particularly slow when an emergency or a crisis demands a quick decision and prompt action. A dictator, on the contrary, needs no committee, no parliament and no opponents to persuade convince or compromise. He, therefore, meets an emergency with a firm and quick decision and prompt execution.
His firmness and determination stand in sharp contrast to the weak and vacillating policies of democratic rulers. “An authoritarian regime,” writes Dr. Arnold Toynbee “can produce immediate effective results with a smaller staff of efficient and public-spirited men and women than a democratic regime can.” The Communist Dictatorship in Soviet Russia has achieved in industry and science in 50 years what took two centuries to democratic England and U.S.A. to achieve. As regards war, Nazi Dictatorship in Germany made the country so strong and powerful in seven years that she was able to fight all other Great Powers for five years. As regards the nationalist dictatorship, Kemal Ataturk saved the Turks from annihilation at the hands of the British, French, and the Greeks, and rehabilitated Turkey as a strong and respected nation once again. The nationalist dictators of Egypt, Iraq, etc., also achieved the same results in their own countries.