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Man's mettle is tested both in adversity and in success. Twice is this true of the soul of a nation.

— Soong Mei-ling Address to the U.S. House of Representatives (1943)

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I came to school in the United States, and I will always consider America my second home.

We shall have faith, that, at the writing of peace, America and our other gallant Allies will not be obtunded by the mirage of contingent reasons of expediency.

Address to the U.S. House of Representatives (1943)

Chinese socialism, if you like to call it that, seeks above all else to preserve the birthrights of the individual. No state can be great and prosperous unless the people are contented.

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I have reached your country, therefore, with no misgivings, but with my belief that the American people are building and carrying out a true pattern of the nation conceived by your forebears, strengthened and confirmed.

Address to the U.S. House of Representatives (1943)

It has been said, and I find it true from personal experience, that it is easier to risk one's life on the battlefield than it is to perform customary humble and humdrum duties which, however, are just as necessary to winning the war.

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