Hu Shih Quotes

1891–1962 China

Hu Shih (Chinese: 胡適; 17 December 1891 – 24 February 1962) was a Chinese philosopher, essayist and diplomat. Hu is recognized today as a key contributor to Chinese liberalism and language reform in his advocacy for the use of written vernacular Chinese.

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India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.

The only way to practice democracy, is to practice democracy.

Science and Democracy Defined (1921)

It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood. What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised or rejected by one cultural group, may in a different environment become the cornerstone for a great edifice of strange grandeur and beauty.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hu Shih (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.