Country Quote by Jiang Zemin
“Hong Kong compatriots will surely display great love for the motherland and for Hong Kong and take it as their utmost honor to maintain long-term prosperity and stability in Hong Kong and safeguard the fundamental interests of the country,”
![“It is not wise [for Chinese] to do things to artificially disrupt relations with the U.S.” quote by Jiang Zemin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7bd/jiang-zemin-29273_chinese_it-is-not-wise-for-chinese-to-do-things_571686.jpg)
![“No department or locality may, or will be allowed to, interfere in the affairs which should be administered by [the SAR] on its own,” quote by Jiang Zemin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2b4/jiang-zemin-29273_affair_no-department-or-locality-may-or-will-be_1823137.jpg)
![“That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws; and every step of intestine discord was marked by some deplorable victory of savage man over civilized society.” quote by Edward Gibbon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/70c/edward-gibbon-710_barbarism_that-country-carthage-was-rapidly-sinkin_393.jpg)
