The Japanese are a disease of the skin. The Communists are a disease of the heart.

We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.

Democracy is liberty - a liberty which does not infringe on the liberty nor encroach on the rights of others; a liberty which maintains strict discipline, and makes law its guarantee and the basis of its exercise. This alone is true liberty; this alone can produce true democracy.

China not only fights for her own independence, but also for the liberation of every oppressed nation. For us, the Atlantic Charter and President Roosevelts proclamation of the Four Freedoms for all peoples are corner-stones of our fighting faith.

If imperialism is not banished from the country, China will perish as a nation. If China does not perish, then imperialism cannot remain.

My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic.

It was entirely due to my mother [a devout Buddhist] and her kindness and perseverance that the family was saved from utter ruin. For a period of 17 years--from the age of 9 until I was 25 years old--my mother never spent a day free from domestic difficulties.