The best Quotes by Hu Shih

The best Quotes by Hu Shih

Hu Shih (17 December 1891 – 24 February 1962), also known as Hu Suh in early references, was a Chinese diplomat, essayist and fiction writer, literary scholar, philosopher, and politician.

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.
The rise of the dramas in the thirteenth century, and the rise of the great novels in a later period, together with their frank glorification of love and the joys of life, may be called the Third Renaissance.
India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual self is subject to death or decay, but the sum total of individual achievement, for better or worse, lives on in the immortality of The Larger.
Within my own life, I read all the beloved novels by lamps of vegetable oil; I saw the Standard Oil invading my own village, I saw gas lamps in the Chinese shops in Shanghai; and I saw their elimination by electric lights.

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Have you any idea how much tyrants fear the people they oppress? All of them realize that, one day, amongst their many victims, there is sure to be one who rises against them and strikes back!
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If citizens followed their leaders' example throughout history, the human race would have died out centuries ago.
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Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.
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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
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To overthrow oppression has been sanctioned by humanity and is the highest aspiration of every free man.
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.
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You can destroy wood and brick, but you can't destroy a movement.
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The revolutions of the Arab Spring happened because people realized they were the power.
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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Revolutions are the locomotives of history.
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Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains.
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There is no week nor day nor hour when tyranny may not enter upon this country, if the people lose their roughness and spirit of defiance.
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Bullets change governments far surer than votes.
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The people's rage. It is like an illness, an ulcer. And ulcers must be cauterized.
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I would rather be a rebel than a slave.
You have to make some noise if you want to be heard.
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Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.
Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom.
A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.
The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall!
There is no power above people power.
When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even a brief one. You're part of something, and you suddenly realize you count. To count is very important.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.
All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
If you see German soldiers, don't panic. They are here to help.
Donald Tusk (about German soldiers helping with floodings in Poland) - September 2024
I will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the 2024 Presidential Election. I'm voting for Kamala Harris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.
Taylor Swift - September 2024
Donald Trump was fired by 81 million people. Clearly he is having a very difficult time processing that.
Kamala Harris - September 2024
It's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. I love the job - but I love my country more.
Joe Biden - August 2024
I am sorry on behalf of most, if not close to all, of Australia at this point. I'm sorry about Raygun and that we broke dancing.
Ozzy Man Reviews - August 2024
I don't think you understand how Australians work. Once we get a hold of a good quality meme, we drive it into the ground until we die. We're all still dropping the old "I pulled a Bradbury" and that happened over 20 years ago.
August 2024
I really appreciate the positivity and I'm glad I was able to bring some joy into your lives. That's what I hoped. I didn't realise that would also open the door to so much hate which has, frankly, been pretty devastating.
Rachael Gunn - August 2024
Don't be afraid to be different, go out there and represent yourself, you never know where that's gonna take you.
Rachael Gunn - August 2024
Since the day I announced my candidacy, I set out to find a partner who can help unite our nation and move us forward—a fighter for the middle class and patriot who believes in the promise of America. I am here today because I found such a leader: Governor Tim Walz.
Kamala Harris - August 2024
Thank you, Kamala Harris, for the trust that you've placed in me. And maybe more so, thank you for bringing back the joy. I couldn't be prouder to be on this ticket - and to help make you the next President of the United States.
Tim Walz - August 2024
While Walz pretends to support Americans in the Heartland, when the cameras are off, he believes that rural America is "mostly cows and rocks". Walz is obsessed with spreading California's dangerously liberal agenda far and wide.
Donald Trump - August 2024
While it's not very Minnesotan to brag, I've got to brag on our state a little here: We were just ranked #1 in the country for health care.
Tim Walz - July 2024
If giving tax breaks to millionaires created jobs or grew our economy, I would be in favor of them, but they are the same failed policies of the past that just don't work.
I feel like I've got feet firmly in different camps. Between the right of gun ownership and public safety.
You have to understand what caused genocide to happen. Or it will happen again.

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