Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy. – Aristotle
The overall strength of Chinese culture and its international influence is not commensurate with Chinas international status. The international culture of the West is strong while we are weak. – Hu Jintao
Better the occasional faults of a government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a government frozen in the ice of its own indifference. – Franklin D. Roosevelt
