In 1949, China declared independence – an event known in Western discourse as ‚the loss of China‘ in the U.S. – with bitter recriminations and conflict over who was responsible for that loss.

Cuba came to be the last country to get rid of Spanish colonialism and the first to shake off the heinous imperialist tutelage.

I don’t kiss nobody’s butt.

The man who is aware of himself is henceforward independent; and he is never bored, and life is only too short, and he is steeped through and through with a profound yet temperate happiness.

When you are full of pride on the inside, it makes you stiff, stubborn, and creates strife with others.

If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.

Even in the 1950s, President Eisenhower was concerned about what he called a campaign of hatred of the U.S. in the Arab world, because of the perception on the Arab street that it supported harsh and oppressive regimes to take their oil.

All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.

Mr. Morgan buys his partners; I grow my own.

I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.

The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them.

Battle is an orgy of disorder.

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

To depend upon a profession is a less odious form of slavery than to depend upon a father.

‚Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age‘ was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant’s thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age.

In time of war the laws are silent.

In 1979, Iranians carried out an illegitimate act: They overthrew a tyrant that the United States had imposed and supported, and moved on an independent path, not following U.S. orders.

If you want to cut your own throat, don’t come to me for a bandage.

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.

Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die.

People do not make wars; governments do.

Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.

Prime Minister Maliki, released from American restraint, acted on his worst instincts, creating enormous distrust in Iraq’s Kurdish population and deeply embittering Sunnis in western Iraq’s Al Anbar, who lost any confidence in a Baghdad government they saw as adversarial.

I should like to know what is the proper function of women, if it is not to make reasons for husbands to stay at home, and still stronger reasons for bachelors to go out.

When rich people fight wars with one another, poor people are the ones to die.

The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

Hermits have no peer pressure.

The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

I actually feel more of a woman because I feel like I’m being smart about my choices, and I’m putting my family first, and I’m in charge of my life and my health. I think that’s what makes a woman complete.

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men.

I’m old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I’d tell them where to put it.

I am not bound to please thee with my answer.

We’re not a fragile people. We’re not a frightful people. Our power doesn’t come from some self-declared savior promising that he alone can restore order as long as we do things his way. We don’t look to be ruled.

I found it hard to be young. When I was married in my twenties, I hated being regarded as ‚the little wife.‘ You don’t know what it was like then! I’d never even written a cheque. I had to ask my husband for money for groceries.

The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.

Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.

Facts, like people, want to be free – and when they’re free, liberty is usually around the corner.

I never wanted to weigh more heavily on a man than a bird.

The West Bank is essentially imprisoned.

I don’t tell anyone how to write and no one tells me.

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

I hate violence, yes I do. It’s kind of a dilemma, huh?.

Over the years, there have been a series of concepts developed to justify the use of force in international affairs for a long period. It was possible to justify it on the pretext, which usually turned out to have very little substance, that the U.S. was defending itself against the communist menace. By the 1980s, that was wearing pretty thin.

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.

With fools, there is no companionship. Rather than to live with men who are selfish, vain, quarrelsome, and obstinate, let a man walk alone.

Writers are lampposts and critics are dogs. Ask lampposts what they think about dogs. Does the dog hurt the lamppost?

I don’t know why they gave me a knighthood – though it’s very nice of them – but I only ever use the title in the U.S. The Americans insist on it and get offended if I don’t.

Hong Kong is a wonderful, mixed-up town where you’ve got great food and adventure. First and foremost, it’s a great place to experience China in a relatively accessible way.

I own my own company, so I’ve never had businessmen telling me what to do or getting worried if something doesn’t sell. I’ve always had my own access to the public, because I started off making my clothes for a little shop and so I’ve always had people buying them.

My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost.

When America stopped importing from China, China stopped importing from the rest of the world. This affects Asian countries as well as Australia, Brazil, and other suppliers of raw materials.

My mother told me to be a lady. And for her, that meant be your own person, be independent.

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.

I work hard for the audience. It’s entertainment. I don’t need validation.

Don’t be dependent. At all. Ever. Period.