Mao Zedong

The differences between friends cannot but reinforce their friendship.

To read too many books is harmful.

Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence.

In reality, Afghanistan has functioned as a nation-state for more than two centuries, and its army and bureaucracy reach back to the 19th century.