"The common people are ignorant and easily misled. They need strong leadership."

"Most Chinese intellectuals should be sent to work in the fields."

"The Japanese would have been better off if they had never left their islands."

"We must never forget the humiliation inflicted upon us by foreign powers. We must strive to make China strong and independent."

"I go walking, and the hills loom above me, range upon range, one against the other. I cannot tell where one begins and another leaves off."