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We intend to try by every means in our power to seize the country and create a government without bl...
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We are the poorest and weakest state in the world, occupying the lowest position in international af...
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Because of poverty, we must adopt the capitalist means of production to develop our resources to get...
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One may have broad or narrow talents, but only education renders them useful. Schools set up to trai...
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We should recognize that nationalism does not mean discriminating against people of a different nati...
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China's republican politics is like a child who just started schooling. He must have a good teac...
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At thirteen, I accompanied my mother to the Hawaiian Islands. There, for the first time, I saw the w...
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We shall establish an united Chinese Republic in order that all the peoples - Manchus, Mongols, Tibe...
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I am keenly aware that the wealth and power of the European nations are the result not only of their...
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The Chinese people have only family and clan groups; there is no national spirit. Consequently, in s...
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Judging from the experience of the European War, imperialism renders no great benefit to any nation,...
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True is the saying: 'In order to make the world tranquil and happy, the nation must first be wel...
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The goal of the revolution is to achieve the people's rights, but during the course of the revol...
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We can learn something from Marxist thinking, but we cannot follow Marxist methods.
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Our youths are constantly trying to learn everything the West has to teach, but what is newest in th...
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Those who wish to promote the welfare of the people should advance in solidarity with them and selec...
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I have passed English medical examinations in Hong Kong... In my youth, I experienced overseas studi...
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Our position is extremely perilous; if we do not earnestly promote nationalism and weld together our...
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It is my idea to make capitalism create socialism in China so that these two economic forces of huma...
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I am a Christian; God sent me to fight evil for my people. Jesus was a revolutionist; so am I.
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When only a minority consisting of capitalists can enjoy the good life, while the majority of worker...
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We should use our old moral values and our love of peace as the foundation of national reconstructio...
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This thing called nationalism is a treasure that a country uses to try to develop and a nationality ...
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Remember that a civilized nation cannot just have one party; if there were only one party, this woul...
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Decades of futile effort have not dampened my bold aspirations to save the nation. Born in a late ag...
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It is the common wish of the people that the autocratic rule of the Manchu government be overthrown,...
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Which, autocracy or democracy, is really better suited to modern China? If we base our judgment upon...
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No matter what nationalities became a part of our country in the future, they would have to assimila...
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At Kobe, whither I fled from Hong Kong, I took a step of great importance. I cut off my cue, which h...
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A political revolution must proceed simultaneously with the nationalist revolution. When we overthro...
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The India-China intercourse began from the era of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Both interacted with each...
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All my comrades must continue to exert their efforts according to my 'Programme of National Reco...
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The Revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry on!
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For forty years, I have devoted myself to the cause of the people's revolution with but one aim ...
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When the war was in progress, England and France agreed wholeheartedly with the Fourteen Points. As ...
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What problem does Pan-Asianism attempt to solve? The problem is how to terminate the sufferings of t...
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I began to realize that, in spite of great achievements in wealth and military prowess, the great po...
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Revolution is not a dinner party.
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Two thousand years ago, we abandoned imperialism and militarism. We have been peace-lovers ever sinc...
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How can human rights be ever developed for the majority of Chinese people? The only way is to organi...
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Japan today has become acquainted with the Western civilization of the rule of Might, but retains th...
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Like Moscow, I wish to lay the foundation of the Chinese Republic deeply in the minds of the young g...
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The Revolution has not yet succeeded. Comrades, you must carry on!
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An individual should not have too much freedom. A nation should absolute freedom.
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Revolutionaries were depressed and close to emotional breakdown; after the failure, they left succes...
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The Russians as a people had no point of conflict with the Germans; the conflict came from their res...
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The government should help and guide the weak and small racial groups within its national boundaries...
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The government should train and direct the people in their acquisition of political knowledge and ab...
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We want to overthrow the imperial power not because it is Manchurian but because we want republicani...
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All our compatriots know that the loss of Mongolia would mean the demise of our country. We would ra...
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I am a coolie and the son of a coolie. I was born with the poor, and I am still poor. My sympathies ...
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A republic has been established, and our compatriots in Mongolia, Tibet, Qinghai and Xinjiang, who h...
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After the Manchu government had carried on wars with foreign nations and had been defeated, China wa...
SUN YAT-SEN Cambodia is not going to be bought by anyone.
HUN SEN Cambodia possesses now the rights to look far into the future and everything for making a future con...
HUN SEN Let me reassure that the Kingdom of Cambodia a country with independence, neutrality, peace, freedom...
HUN SEN The educational excellence of Presidency College was captivating. My interest in economics was amply...
AMARTYA SEN The curriculum of the school did not neglect India's cultural, analytical and scientific heritage, b...
AMARTYA SEN People's identities as Indians, as Asians, or as members of the human race, seemed to give way - qui...
AMARTYA SEN It is also very engaging - and a delight - to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not ...
AMARTYA SEN I left Delhi, in 1971, shortly after Collective Choice and Social Welfare was published in 1970.
AMARTYA SEN I was born in a University campus and seem to have lived all my life in one campus or another.
AMARTYA SEN I loved that breadth, and also the fact that in interpreting Indian civilization itself, its cultura...
AMARTYA SEN I have not had any serious non-academic job.
AMARTYA SEN From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines.
AMARTYA SEN But the idea that I should be a teacher and a researcher of some sort did not vary over the years.
AMARTYA SEN People's identities as Indians, as Asians, or as members of the human race, seemed to give way -...
AMARTYA SEN The increasing tendency towards seeing people in terms of one dominant ‘identity’ (‘this is yo...
AMARTYA SEN The curriculum of the school did not neglect India's cultural, analytical and scientific heritag...
AMARTYA SEN But I'll make such a journey out of it, so that I can look back and say that I have lived a life wit...
SUSHMITA SEN There are gays and lesbians in every country, so there should be no discrimination against them just...
HUN SEN It used to be an industry where actresses were considered props - maybe a vase on the sideboard. Now...
SUSHMITA SEN It used to be an industry where actresses were considered props - maybe a vase on the sideboard. Now...
SUSHMITA SEN Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country.
HUN SEN The black chapter of strife, violence, turbulence and turmoil is finally closed.
HUN SEN The lessons of the past should steer us towards ensuring lasting legacies for generations yet to be ...
HUN SEN Yet, our achievements also mask many continuing failings and seem to expose more future dangers.
HUN SEN Suspension is possible only if the case has not yet entered its investigation phase. So neither susp...
HUN SEN While I am interested both in economics and in philosophy, the union of my interests in the two fiel...
AMARTYA SEN You coward, lay down your arms before your head gets cut off,
HUN SEN Save the ones at your home, marry only a virgin, hail women in temples, rape them on the streets. We...
ADITYA SEN We are on the right track. But the challenge is to put effective birth control measures in the north...
BIKRAM SEN Education is the key to a better economy and a controlled population. Until now, the world blamed In...
BIKRAM SEN It is an advantage for India now because the country is entering the demographic dividend phase whil...
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SAMAR SEN When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and pract...
AMARTYA SEN Back then, come July, and the blazers would again make their way out of the steel trunks and evening...
KUNAL SEN Why weren’t you beautiful? That would’ve solved everything.’
('Left from Dhakeshwari')
KUNAL SEN The election process was peaceful with no major incident of violence or malpractice.
DEBASISH SEN The police have been asked to carry out investigations and carry out the required proceedings.
DEBASISH SEN We will do this on an urgent basis by using the infrastructure available.
DEBASISH SEN Now that the government has decided to erase graffiti, things are clear. The decision will be implem...
DEBASISH SEN We will have to examine cases individually.
DEBASISH SEN Our people have been transformed from rice and slash-and-burn farmers into workers and owners of the...
HUN SEN Technological revolution that we witnessed in the last century has gone so far for our human moral t...
HUN SEN If we look at a wider canvas, humanity has witnessed unimaginable, enormous and immeasurable changes...
HUN SEN We have lost the art of sharing and caring.
HUN SEN I had wanted to hate you that day. Believe me, I had. And then suddenly, staring at me incredulously...
KUNAL SEN All day and all night my desire for you unwinds like a poisonous snake.
SAMAR SEN Whenever the sadness got too much, I would hire a rickshaw and go to the Upper Bazaar. Those little ...
KUNAL SEN It is a unique agreement, but I don't think it is a risky agreement. Now we are doubly concerned, be...
RONEN SEN The government of Nepal should be aware the international community is gravely concerned with develo...
PURNA SEN

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and dest...
SUN TZU

The opportunity to secure ourselves against defeat lies in our own hands, but the opportunity of def...
SUN TZU

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which ...
SUN TZU You can't take sides when you know the earth is round.
PATRICIA SUN There is only one thing keeping us from having heaven on earth: we can't believe it! Why? Becaus...
PATRICIA SUN Nothing will ensure war more certainly or entrench rivalries more seriously than for or against thin...
PATRICIA SUN We mostly feel fearful because we feel powerless. We feel powerless, I contend, because of a style o...
PATRICIA SUN We have magnificent brains, but we use a great deal of our brilliance to keep ourselves stuck and ig...
PATRICIA SUN When we don't have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we h...
PATRICIA SUN The discoveries of how we can grow and the insights we need to have really come from the inside out....
PATRICIA SUN

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then s...
SUN TZU

The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and de...
SUN TZU To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship...
TZU SUN

Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?
SUN TZU

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise befo...
SUN-TZU

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which ...
SUN-TZU

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilf...
SUN-TZU

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
SUN-TZU

If I wish to engage, then the enemy, for all his high ramparts and deep moat, cannot avoid engagemen...
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17. Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory:
(1) He will win who knows when ...
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You can be sure of succeeding in your attacks if you only attack places which are undefended.You can...
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Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack.
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When one treats people with benevolence, justice, and righteoousness, and reposes confidence in them...
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Rouse him, and learn the principle of his activity or inactivity. Force him to reveal himself, so as...
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To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy wi...
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who wishes to fight must first count the cost
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When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. Do not press a desperate foe too hard.
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In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity
SUN TZU

If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him...
SUN TZU

All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are able to attack, we must seem unable; when usin...
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Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then s...
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Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.
SUN TZU

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you k...
SUN TZU

One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.
SUN TZU

Be where your enemy is not.
SUN TZU

To know your Enemy, you must become your Enemy.
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If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; ...
SUN-TZU

The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. T...
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Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consist...
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The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and dest...
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When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truc...
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Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.
SUN TZU

O divine art of subtlety and secrecy! Through you we learn to be invisible, through you inaudible an...
SUN-TZU

So there are five ways of knowing who will win. Those who know when to fight and when not to fight a...
SUN TZU

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only tho...
SUN-TZU

The proximity of an army causes prices to go up; and high prices cause people's substance to be drai...
SUN TZU

Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then...
SUN TZU

The art of giving orders is not to try to rectify the minor blunders and not to be swayed by petty d...
SUN TZU

Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivati...
SUN TZU

Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then s...
SUN-TZU

Confront them with annihilation, and they will then survive; plunge them into a deadly situation, an...
SUN TZU

He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks.
SUN TZU

If we know that our own men are in a condition to attack, but are unaware that the enemy is not open...
SUN TZU

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.
SUN TZU

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look on th...
SUN TZU

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilf...
SUN TZU

Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.
SUN TZU

And then when I went to Chicago, that's when I had these outer space experiences and went to the...
SUN RA

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only tho...
SUN TZU

Now the reason the enlightened prince and the wise general conquer the enemy whenever they move and ...
SUN TZU

It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe...
SUN TZU

Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all ...
SUN TZU

Thus it is that in war the victorious strategist only seeks battle after the victory has been won, w...
SUN TZU

Victory usually goes to the army who has better trained officers and men.
SUN TZU

Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and you know yourself, your victory will not stand in doubt;...
SUN TZU

Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes,...
SUN TZU

Quickness is the essence of the war.
SUN TZU

He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.
SUN TZU

Invincibility lies in the defence; the possibility of victory in the attack.
SUN TZU

Secret operations are essential in war; upon them the army relies to make its every move.
SUN TZU

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.
SUN TZU

If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.
SUN TZU

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point o...
SUN TZU

A good commander is benevolent and unconcerned with fame.
SUN TZU

Pretend inferiority and encourage his arrogance.
SUN TZU

He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight.
SUN TZU

It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the a...
SUN TZU

For them to perceive the advantage of defeating the enemy, they must also have their rewards.
SUN TZU

The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.
SUN TZU

The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for ...
SUN TZU

If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril.
SUN TZU

If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; ...
SUN TZU

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.
SUN TZU

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
SUN TZU

When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, it is a sign that the enemy wishes for a truc...
SUN TZU

If you are far from the enemy, make him believe you are near.
SUN TZU

He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.
SUN TZU

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.
SUN TZU

I'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another cate...
SUN RA

It's such a tragedy that man endures in killing his brother and his own kind, putting him in jai...
SUN RA

Bach and Beethoven, all of them, they had to write something to please the upper structure, those wi...
SUN RA

The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our ow...
SUN TZU

In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy's country whole and inta...
SUN TZU

The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either ...
SUN TZU

The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.
SUN TZU

Balk the enemy's power; force him to reveal himself.
SUN TZU

For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enem...
SUN TZU

To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in br...
SUN TZU

The key to success is action, and the essential in action is perseverance.

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