Praise
Yeung is not without supporters. The leftist establishments often credit Yeung for helping to foster great strides in liberties after the riot. However, critics often point out that in reality, the improvement of worker's conditions only happened in the 1970s, years after Yeung's tenure as FTU's chairman concluded.
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Famous quotes containing the word praise:
“I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honeyed words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Thus have I made my own opinions clear;
Yet neither praise expect, nor censure fear:
And this unpolished, rugged verse I chose,
As fittest for discourse and nearest prose;”
—John Dryden (1631–1700)
“We either praise or blame according to whether the one or the other provides the greater opportunity to let our power of judgment shine.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)