Statesman

We have no quarrel with a policy that seeks to support human rights.

So long as I'm president, communism will not thrive here.

We dare not supress thoughts, but when they are expressed through violence, like the idea that power comes from the barrel of a gun, they must be dealt with and met accordingly.

We do not postpone the participation of the lower classes of our people in the profits of economic enterprise, and in other countries, they do postpone it. In the long run, I think our policy is better, and we stand by it.

I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have Chinese blood.

America must realize, there are conditions she must accept in Asia. The first is a diversity of Asian cultures, governments, economic and political systems; the second, that to run against the tide of Asian nationalism is worse than impractical - it is also highly dangerous.

Once a champion, always a champion.

Little boys have amazing minds.

In the Philippines, the host should always be willing to defer to the wishes of the guest.

There is a standard joke in the family. Probably we should go into selling second-hand shoes.

Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply in those modernizing countries where government is at the mercy of alienated intellectuals, rambunctious colonels, and rioting students.

If it were true that special favors were given to some of these people because they are my cronies, then they should still be here, and they should be wealthy. But who are these cronies? If there be any cronies in government, point them out, and we will investigate.

Nobody is impervious to misfortune.

Freedom is not just declared; it is exercised.

I often wonder what I will be remembered in history for. Scholar? Military hero? Builder?

The U.S. State Department has a consistent record of error in the assessment of Asian situations and judging Red Chinese intentions.

The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.

I can understand the Cultural Revolution of Mao Tse-tung.

I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.

My countrymen: we have reached a turning point in our history. The choice is yours. Shall we venture into this brave new world, bright with possibilities, or retreat to the safety of our familiar but sterile past? I am for crossing the frontier.