Xu Zhiyong famous quotes
03-24-2025
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I wish our country could be a free and happy one. Every citizen need not go against their conscience and can find their own place by their virtue and talents; a simple and happy society, where the goodness of humanity is expanded to the maximum, and the evilness of humanity is constrained to the minimum; honesty, trust, kindness, and helping each other are everyday occurrences in life; there is not so much anger and anxiety, a pure smile on everyone’s face.
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When hopes of reform are dashed, people will rise up and seek revolution,
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For the world to become a better place, someone has to pay a price, I think it's glorious to sacrifice for the sake of social progress and fighting injustice.
-- Xu Zhiyong
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We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.
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Fifty-seven countries in the world, a third of the United Nations, do not recognize Israel. In a way, I think North Korea has better international relations than Israel.
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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
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The greatest truth is honesty, and the greatest falsehood is dishonesty.
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There is no future for a people who deny their past.
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Kindness is the only service that will stand the storm of life and not wash out.
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Question not, but live and labour Till yon goal be won, Helping every feeble neighbor, Seeking help from none; Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone, Kindness in another's trouble, Courage in your own.
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God answers all true prayer, either in kind or in kindness.
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I'm a kind person, I'm kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you'll remember me for
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Money is but one venue for generosity. Kindness is an even more valuable currency.
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