Leadership means making tough decisions today that will pave the way for a better tomorrow.

The past is never truly gone; it lives on in the stories we tell.

我只和自己竞争，不和别人竞争。

I do not like proper novels. In proper novels people say things like, ‘I am veined with iron, with silver and with streaks of common mud. I cannot contract into the firm fist which those clench who do not depend on stimulus.’ What does this mean? I do not know. Nor does Father. Nor do the people who write these books.

The spread of liberal democracy and the integration of the world economy are the two most important trends of the modern era.

伟大是许多小事做得好，日复一日。

外交并不是被动地适应变化，而是积极主动地塑造变化。

革命者的首要职责是受教育。

Life is too important to be taken seriously.