Controversial Sayings

6,263 sayings found from the Modern era

Mao is a sometime Yin sometime Yang strange man, he has a soft-as-cotton outer layer, but at the same time has sharp needles hiding inside... I do not think he could achieve anything, at the end he will be crushed inside my palm.

— Chiang Kai-shek Mid-20th century
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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.

— Chiang Kai-shek 1957
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Our government will never again make the mistake of accepting the Chinese Communists' surrender and permitting them to get away unpunished for their crimes as we did in 1937.

— Chiang Kai-shek 1957
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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.

— Chiang Kai-shek 1957
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The orders of the generalissimo must be obeyed and Those who violate them are enemies of the people.

— Chiang Kai-shek 1945
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The poverty of China is primarily caused by the fact that there are too many consumers and too few producers. Those who consume without producing usually live as parasites or as robbers.

— Chiang Kai-shek 1934
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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, emphasize organization, responsibility and disciplin…

— Chiang Kai-shek 1934
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The destiny of our nation is not in the hands of the United Nations. It is squarely in our own hands.

— Chiang Kai-shek 1971
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The Republic of China, an independent sovereign state, will tolerate no external interference.

— Chiang Kai-shek 1971
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Regardless of the changing international situation, we shall unhesitatingly make whatever sacrifices may be required and persevere in our struggle. We shall never waver. We shall never compromise.

— Chiang Kai-shek 1971
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The United Nations, which this country helped to establish after so many trials, has finally degraded itself and become a den of iniquity.

— Chiang Kai-shek 1971
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The restoration of human rights and freedom to our 700 million compatriots on the mainland is the common will of the whole Chinese race and is our unalterable national purpose and the holy task which we must accomplish.

— Chiang Kai-shek 1971
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The sky cannot have two suns.

— Chiang Kai-shek Mid-20th century
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It was not clear to me that our course was unjustified. Even now I am not sure how historians will allocate the responsibility for the war.

— Emperor Hirohito Post-WWII
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The fruits of victory are tumbling into our mouths too quickly.

— Emperor Hirohito 1942
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I made efforts to swallow tears and to protect the species of the Japanese nation.

— Emperor Hirohito 1945
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Beware most strictly of any outbursts of emotion which may engender needless complications, or any fraternal contention and strife which may create confusion, lead you astray, and cause you to lose the confidence of the world.

— Emperor Hirohito 1945
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One should be cautious in starting a war, but once begun, it should be carried out thoroughly.

— Emperor Hirohito 1942
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Japan underestimated China. It is most wise to end the war quickly and seek to build up our national strength for the next ten years.

— Emperor Hirohito 1941
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They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine and that the Japanese people are superior to other races.

— Emperor Hirohito 1946
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