History Quote by Kenneth Minogue

“They’re wise in China. There the first of a dynasty’s always a peasant or the son of a peasant, and the throne’s always taken…

— James Clavell

“A ruler who failed to manage China’s waters didn’t just risk social decay. He exposed himself to the charge that heaven itself had lost…

— Philip Ball

For thousands of years, China developed its own political system. Its rulers, no matter who they are, are given a conditional right to govern…

— Andre Vltchek

The literal meaning of the Chinese characters for revolution is elimination of life

— Ma Jian

“Outcome-oriented China has enjoyed the fruits of Hamiltonian prosperity; nevertheless, it also endured great human sacrifice and personal agonies along the way to affluence.”

— Patrick Mendis

“Even if Chinese own the entire world; still they will be servants.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“But even peasants within agrarian states were likely to take more interest in raising productivity when they had secure access to land and were…

— David Christian

“but pauperization cut into the spending power of all but the elite. Demand from great lords for luxury goods remained high, but many gentlemen…

— Robert Steven Gottfried

“All but Death, can be Adjusted - Dynasties repaired - Systems - settled in their Sockets - Citadels dissolved . . .”

— Emily Dickinson

“During the Cultural Revolution, Chinese lived and died by their class backgrounds. They boasted about ancestors who had starved to death. But if a…

— Jan Wong

“Since the 1990s, the ruling class of China has endeavoured to produce an ideological fantasy through the machinery of propaganda development (increase in GDP)…

— Chen Qiufan

“Everywhere, rulers and elites sprang up, living off the peasants’ surplus food and leaving them with only a bare subsistence.”

— Yuval Noah Harari