When I edged up to the subject he said “Nyet, nyet. You are a subtle man, you are trying to trap me into talking about China. They are our allies, our good relations,” and here he stopped. I then said that without getting him “into the ally business, “I’d like to ask just one question: […]
China Quotes
Perspective: If there were a million communists running around the Washington monument for a month building a giant statue of Lenin refusing to leave, what do you think we would do different than the Chinese?
If when I die I am still a dictator I will certainly go down into the oblivion of all dictators. If, on the other hand, I succeed in establishing a stable base for a democratic government, I will be remembered forever in every home in China.
The Chinese, who know more about wisdom than any other race, designate the wise by a combination of the ideographs for wind and lightning.
China is not, as is invariably said, in transition from communism to a freer and more democratic state. It is, instead, something we have never seen before: a maturing fascist regime.
China is a civilization pretending to be a nation.
