I have never intimidated the masses... I only intimidate corrupt officials.

I take great pride in having been able to overcome the Asian financial crisis and seeking the opportunities available to bring about an unprecedented growth in the economy

Free Tibet before free trade.

Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be made in the short haul.

Even if a minefield or the abyss should lie before me, I will march straight ahead without looking back.

I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.

Although China and United States are competitors, China and the United States are indeed partners in trade.

In the course of the reform, some new circumstances that we had not anticipated have appeared.

Abraham Lincoln, in order to maintain the unity of the United Statesresorted to the use of force.so, I think Abraham Lincoln, president, is a model, is an example.

History can never be covered up.

Nothing is more beautiful than to know all.

Every human desires peace and happiness, but only a few have the goal to attain those.

Every human character appears only once in the history of human beings. And so does every event of love.

Let your story breathe and be what it really is.

Drunkenness is not a new vice. Its ravages have always been a scourge on the human race . . .Alcohol is a killer, a murderer.

It should be the thing never to mention unfairness of judging when defeated in a contest.

Americans are gluttons. We shop with forklifts. We have a holiday where we stuff food into other food. Our strippers wrestle in Jell-O, where other countries have to use mud.

I frequently lock myself in my studio. I do not often see the people I love, and in the end I shall suffer for it... painting is one's private life.

Economic systems are not value-free columns of numbers based on rules of reason, but ways of expressing what varying societies believe is important.

God is the God of the impossible, as well as the God of the possible.