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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Revolution History

Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.

George Orwell in 1984

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The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

Edmund Burke

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Revolution Motivation Good & Evil

To overthrow oppression has been sanctioned by humanity and is the highest aspiration of every free man.

Nelson Mandela

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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

John F. Kennedy

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Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Martin Luther King

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Revolution Opinions

You can destroy wood and brick, but you can't destroy a movement.

Angie Thomas in The Hate U Give

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The revolutions of the Arab Spring happened because people realized they were the power.

Mohammed Morsi

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Revolution 2011 Egypt Saudi Arabia Syria

When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.

Malala Yousafzai

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Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

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Revolution History

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.

Walt Whitman

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Bullets change governments far surer than votes.

Simeon Weisz in Lord of War - Händler des Todes

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Weapons Revolution Governments

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.

Emmeline Pankhurst

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.

William Godwin

Let us remember that revolutions do not always establish freedom.

Millard Fillmore

A rebellion is not a revolution. It may ultimately lead to that end.

Bhagat Singh

The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall!

Pawan Kalyan

There is no power above people power.

Mohammed Morsi

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.

Studs Terkel

Revolution Democracy

Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.

Martin Luther King

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No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.

Robin Williams

Words Revolution Ideas

Blind faith in your leaders, or in anything, will get you killed.

Bruce Springsteen

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All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

Edmund Burke

A revolution is a struggle to the death between the future and the past.

Fidel Castro

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

Napoléon Bonaparte

Revolution Opinions

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.

Elie Wiesel

Revolution Bullying

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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There are two kinds of big companies in the United States. There are those who've been hacked by the Chinese, and those who don't know they've been hacked by the Chinese.

James Comey

I believe that Americans should be deeply skeptical of government power. You cannot trust people in power. The founders knew that. That's why they divided power among three branches, to set interest against interest.

James Comey

I will do everything if confirmed as FBI director to make sure the American public knows the full weight of what happened.

Kash Patel - Januar 2025

The Epstein Files

Technology has forever changed the world we live in. We're online, in one way or another, all day long. Our phones and computers have become reflections of our personalities, our interests, and our identities. They hold much that is important to us.

James Comey

There are well over 250 victims, so we have to make sure that their identity is protected. Other than that, I think tomorrow you're gonna see some Epstein information being released by my office. What you're gonna see is a lot of flight-logs, a lot of names, a lot of information.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

The people of the FBI are sworn to protect both security and liberty. It isn't a question of conflict. We must care deeply about protecting liberty through due process of law, while also safeguarding the citizens we serve - in every investigation.

James Comey

It's sitting on my desk right now to review. The Trump administration is committed to truth and transparency.

Pam Bondi - February 2025

The Epstein Files

It's a very delicate subject but we should put everything out there and let the people decide it.

Mike Johnson - July 2025

The Epstein Files

All I'm going to say is I put my hand on a Bible, and I raised my right hand and swore to uphold the Constitution of the state of Florida.

Historically, there has been a clear and essential connection between marriage and responsible procreation and child rearing.

Will I support our president, whoever that might be? Absolutely. Did I vote for Donald Trump? Absolutely.

Anyone who attacks our LGBT community, anyone who attacks anyone in our state, will be gone after with the full extent of the law.

All I want to do is be the best attorney general that I can be.

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