We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values. – Steve Forbes
There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of peoples money, power, and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result. – Steve Forbes
Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China. – Steve Forbes
The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao. – Steve Forbes
To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons. – Ma Jian