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 4 Months ago, Thu, Nov 24, 2022, 11:09:01
In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.
submitted 4 Months ago, Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 09:54:01
Being pure in conduct also includes honesty and integrity in dealing with our fellowmen.
submitted 4 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 4 Months ago, Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 01:57:01
The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.
submitted 4 Months ago, Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 08:27:01
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
submitted 4 Months ago, Mon, Nov 21, 2022, 11:09:01
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
submitted 4 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 4 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 4 Months ago, Tue, Nov 22, 2022, 08:06:01
I am worthy of all the good in the world has to offer.
submitted 4 Months ago, Tue, Nov 22, 2022, 11:24:01
If Cinderella’s shoe fit perfectly, then why did it fall off?
submitted 4 Months ago, Tue, Nov 22, 2022, 03:27:02
The road to success is always under construction.
submitted 4 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 4 Months ago, Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 01:36:01
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
submitted 4 Months ago, Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 02:03:01
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
submitted 4 Months ago, Wed, Nov 23, 2022, 02:21:01
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.
submitted 4 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 4 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 4 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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