Xi Jinping may have rejected US President Joe Biden's description of the 21st century as a battle between democracies and autocracies, but as the G20 and APEC summits showed, the Chinese leader remains intent on pushing back at American influence overseas.
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One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.
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submitted 11 Months ago, Thu, Nov 24, 2022, 11:09:01
In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.
submitted 11 Months ago, Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 09:54:01
Being pure in conduct also includes honesty and integrity in dealing with our fellowmen.
submitted 11 Months ago, Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 11:54:01
We see lying as a regrettable human failing and assume that unless we make great efforts to train children to be honest, they will follow a natural tendency and tell lies.
submitted 11 Months ago, Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 01:57:01
The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.
submitted 11 Months ago, Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 08:27:01
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
submitted 11 Months ago, Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 11:09:01
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
submitted 11 Months ago, Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 11:21:01
Stand Tall, Stand Proud. Know that you are unique and magnificent. You do not need the approval of others.
submitted 11 Months ago, Tue, Nov 22, 2022, 02:42:01
And I know this world is so cold and deceiving but I keep my head up like my nose is bleeding.
submitted 11 Months ago, Tue, Nov 22, 2022, 08:06:01
I am worthy of all the good in the world has to offer.
submitted 11 Months ago, Tue, Nov 22, 2022, 11:24:01
If Cinderella’s shoe fit perfectly, then why did it fall off?
submitted 11 Months ago, Tue, Nov 22, 2022, 03:27:02
The road to success is always under construction.
submitted 11 Months ago, Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 11:12:01
To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.
submitted 11 Months ago, Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 01:36:01
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
submitted 11 Months ago, Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 11:18:02
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
submitted 11 Months ago, Thu, Nov 24, 2022, 08:09:01
My kind of loyalty was loyalty to one's country, not to its institutions or its office-holders.
submitted 11 Months ago, Thu, Nov 24, 2022, 01:12:01
Politics is not the art of the impossible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
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