Deng Xiaoping Quotes (21 Quotes)

not one word of the 13th Congress Report should be changed.

When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself.

Apart from asking cadres of all levels to profess allegiance to Jiang Theory, ... the imperative of combating both left and right.

Most of them have passed their peak time and their sustained presence in the field shows the lack of young players, ... Most of them will retire after the National Games and the young players don't have enough ability to stand affront.

Reform is China's second revolution.

Seek truth from facts.

Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead - but aim to do something big.

The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.

The minority yields to the majority!

Three Tigers and Purdue Stories of Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan and an American University.

Somebody wants to change the color of the party, ... Somebody wants to take away the hammer and sickle from our flag -- and replace them with a computer and satellite.

Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step.

To get rich is glorious.

By following the concept of one country, two systems, you don't swallow me up nor I you.

Do not debate is one of my inventions.

China is not a superpower, nor will she ever seek to be one. If one day China should change her color and turn into a superpower, if she too should play the tyrant in the world, and everywhere subject others to her bullying, aggression and exploitation, the people of the world should identify her as social-imperialism, expose it, oppose it and work together with the Chinese people to overthrow it.

Let some people get rich first.

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.

Poverty is not socialism. To be rich is glorious.

If things continue like this, we could even end up under house arrest, ... After thinking long and hard about this, I've concluded that we should bring in the People's Liberation Army and declare martial law in Beijing.

historic figure whose leadership produced dramatic economic transformation ... and who contributed much to the development of U.S.-China relations.