Chiang Kai-shek Quotes

Chiang Kai-shek — Chinese Soldier born on October 31, 1887, died on April 05, 1975

Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975. He is known as Chiang Chung-cheng or Chiang Chieh-shih in Standard Chinese. Chiang was an influential member of the Kuomintang, the Chinese Nationalist Party, and was a close ally of Sun Yat-sen. He became the Commandant of the Kuomintang's Whampoa Military Academy and took Sun's place as leader of the KMT when Sun died in 1925. In 1926, Chiang led the Northern Expedition to unify the country, becoming China's nominal leader. He served as Chairman of the National Military Council of the Nationalist government of the Republic of China from 1928 to 1948. Chiang led China in the Second Sino-Japanese War, consolidating power from the party's former regional warlords. Unlike Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek was socially conservative, promoting traditional Chinese culture in the New Life Movement and rejecting western democracy and the nationalist democratic socialism that Sun embraced in favour of an authoritarian government... (wikipedia)

There are three essential factors in all human activity: spirit, materials, and action.

War is not only a matter of equipment, artillery, group troops or air force; it is largely a matter of spirit, or morale.

The rise or fall of Shanghai means the birth or death of the whole nation.

If imperialism is not banished from the country, China will perish as a nation. If China does not perish, then imperialism cannot remain.

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation the source of strength is one's self. When one prays he goes to a source of strength greater than his own.

Chiang Kai-shek Quotes

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