History of Tibet/manchurian Qing Dynasty

Famous quotes containing the words history of, history, tibet and/or qing:

    “Universal history is the history of a few metaphors.”
    —Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986)

    “A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.”
    —Aristide Briand (1862–1932)

    “Ever since you came back from Tibet I’ve had a feeling you were planning to divorce me and marry a laboratory.”
    —John Colton (1886–1946)

    “There cannot be peaceful coexistence in the ideological realm. Peaceful coexistence corrupts.”
    —Jiang Qing (1914–1991)