Madame Chiang Kai-shek

Famous quotes containing the words chiang kai-shek, madame and/or chiang:

    There is no shadow of protection to be had by sheltering behind the slender stockades of visionary speculation, or by hiding behind the wagon-wheels of pacific theories.
    —Madame Chiang Kai-Shek (b. 1898)

    Madame d’Estampes and Madame de Valentinois make me fear that I should be only honoured by my husband as a queen and not loved by him as a woman.
    Elizabeth I (1533–1603)

    Every clique is a refuge for incompetence. It fosters corruption and disloyalty, it begets cowardice, and consequently is a burden upon and a drawback to the progress of the country. Its instincts and actions are those of the pack.
    —Madame Chiang Kai-Shek (b. 1898)