Chiang Kai-shek — "If we must lose China, let us lose it fighting rather than talking."

"We shall never stop fighting so long as a single inch of our national territory remains under the Russians imperialists' iron heels and so long as a single Chinese remains under Communist tyranny."

"Therefore our people must have military training. As a preliminary, we must acquire the habits of orderliness, cleanliness, simplicity, frugality, promptness, and exactness. We must preserve order, em…"

"The reconstruction of China requires both material and spiritual efforts."

"You must realize that in our war against Communism there can be no compromise when it is only half through. This war is going to decide whether our country is to survive or perish."

"To defeat the enemy, we must first defeat ourselves."