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Chiang Kai-shek

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Chiang Kai-shek
Age: 87 †
Born: 1887
Born: October 31
Died: 1975
Died: April 5
Former President Of The Republic Of China
Military Personnel
Politician
Jiang Jieshi
Jiang Zhongzheng
Chiang Chieh-shish
Chiang Chung-cheng
Chiang Chi-chi'ing
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China has no desire to replace Western imperialism in Asia with an Oriental imperialism or isolationism of its own or anyone else.
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There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action.
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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.
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We shall not lightly talk about sacrifice until we are driven to the last extremity which makes sacrifice inevitable.
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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 truly stable foundation for a democratic government, I will live forever in every home in China.
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We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.
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We are working for a revolution. If we do not start it by improving the life of the soldiers, all slogans of reforming and improving society are but empty words.
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Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.
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The rise or fall of Shanghai means the birth or death of the whole nation.
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If imperialism is not banished from the country, China will perish as a nation. If China does not perish, then imperialism cannot remain.
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If one does not act, one cannot understand.
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China is the largest and most ancient of Asiatic countries, but it is not for us boastfully to talk of her right to a position of 'leadership' among those countries.
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War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale.
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I have often said China is not lacking in material resources. The question is whether we can make full and good use of them.
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Landowners and influential men of all kinds, especially members of political councils, ought to set an example to the people. The young members of rich families should offer themselves for military service. If not one of two sons, at least one of three sons should be ready to do so.
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The sky cannot have two suns.
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Give me fifty DC-3's and the Japanese can have the Burma Road.
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