"Patriotism is not an abstract concept. It begins from one's own home. It buds out from the love for one's parents, spouses and children, the love for one's own home, village and workplace, and further…"

"Want to know what's more destructive than a nuclear bomb? Words."

"Compared to 10 years ago the primary motivation for defection has gone from food, to freedom."

"The reality clearly proves that only when we hold high the torch of self-reliance and self-development can we move forward dynamically along the road of socialism."

"The industrial revolution in the new century is, in essence, a scientific and technological revolution, and breaking through the cutting edge is a shortcut to the building of an economic giant."