Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek, better known in China as Jiang Jieshi or Jiang Zhongzheng, was a Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975. Chiang was an influential member of the Kuomintang, the Chinese Nationalist Party, and was a close ally of Sun Yat-sen. He became the Commandant of the Kuomintang's Whampoa Military Academy and took Sun's place as leader of the KMT following the Canton Coup in early 1926. Having...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 October 1887
CityXikou, China
CountryChina
China has no desire to replace Western imperialism in Asia with an Oriental imperialism or isolationism of its own or anyone else.
My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic.
If one does not act, one cannot understand.
You must all be aware that modern war is not a mere matter of military operations. It involves the whole strength and all the resources of the nation. Not only soldiers, but also all citizens without exception, take part.
It is not worth it to sacrifice the interest of the country for the sake of my son.
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.
Give me fifty DC-3's and the Japanese can have the Burma Road.
We shall not lightly talk about sacrifice until we are driven to the last extremity which makes sacrifice inevitable.
Character cannot be counterfeited, nor can it be put on and cast off as if it were a garment to fit the whim of the moment. Day by day we become what we do. This is the supreme law and logic of life.
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.
I have often said China is not lacking in material resources. The question is whether we can make full and good use of them.
The sky cannot have two suns.
There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action.