Statue of liberty Quote by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr

“China has no choice but to emulate the power of America’s founding ideas and its journey through the universal values of democratic freedom and…

— Patrick Mendis

“No doubt Confucius, as a person and as represented in the written tradition, is suffering an eclipse in Communist China because he is associated…

— James R. Ware

“The students who surrendered the square on the morning of June 4 could not begin to imagine, in those sad days of 1989, that…

— Gordon G. Chang

Chinese Communist Party leaders are students of history, and they recognize America's arsenal of democracy all but ensured America's triumph in the Pacific in…

— Michael Waltz

“Today’s China is an artifact of an extended and contentious history while the relatively young American Republic is a daring project informed by the…

— Patrick Mendis

“From the point of view of the Chinese Communist Party, the greatest casualties of the Cultural Revolution were the Party’s prestige and its ability…

— Nien Cheng

[They let] friendship with the leaders in China obscure our devotion to freedom and democracy when those kids set up in Tiananmen Square, and…

— William J. Clinton

As a boy, the very words 'Liberty Bell' and 'Independence Hall' fired my imagination and made a profound and lasting impression on my mind.…

— Chiang Kai-shek

You know, the Chinese don't have a democracy, they don't share our values.

— Robert C. O'Brien

“The United States is the result of an enlightened philosophy; China is the outcome of traditions and history.”

— Patrick Mendis

The Chinese people absolutely need good spiritual examples. They also could use a citizen of their own, who is free and happy, and pleased…

— Robert Thurman

“The sacrifices of time and money that Chinese friends will make for one another often go far beyond what is expected or accepted in…

— Larry Herzberg