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Zhou Enlai Quotes

1898–1976

Zhou Enlai (5 March 1898 – 8 January, 1976), a prominent Chinese Communist leader, was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, from 1949 until his death.

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For us, it is all right if the talks succeed, and it is all right if they fail.

All diplomacy is a continuation of war by other means.

China is an attractive piece of meat coveted by all … but very tough, and for years no one has been able to bite into it.

Today the first unification of the Chinese people has emerged. The people themselves have become the masters of Chinese soil, and the rule of the reactionaries in China has been irrevocably overthrown.

We shall use only peaceful means and we shall not permit any other kind of method.

Nikita Khrushchev: You must acknowledge that I come from the working class, while you were born to a family of the bourgeoisie.

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The more troops they send to Vietnam, the happier we will be, for we feel that we shall have them in our power, we can have their blood. So if you want to help the Vietnamese you should encourage the Americans to throw more and more soldiers into Vietnam. We want them there. They will be close to China. And they will be in our grasp. They will be so close to us, they will be our hostages. … We are planting the best kind of opium especially for the American soldiers in Vietnam.

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