Chinese leader. His greatest contribution to modern China came when this veteran revolutionary was well into his 70s, and the backlash against the Chinese Cultural Revolution had propelled him to the top of China’s ruling elite. Deng pushed to remake education in China, and allowed students to go abroad for college, sparking a craze for learning English. He abandoned many orthodox communist doctrines and attempted to incorporate elements of the free-enterprise system into the Chinese economy.
(1904-1997)
– Deng Xiaoping Quotes-
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.
~ Deng Xiaoping
Young leading cadres have risen up by helicopter. They should really rise step by step.
~ Deng Xiaoping
Reform is China’s second revolution.
~ Deng Xiaoping
Seek truth from facts.
~ Deng Xiaoping
Poverty is not socialism.
~ Deng Xiaoping
Keep a cool head and maintain a low profile. Never take the lead – but aim to do something big.
~ Deng Xiaoping
The minority yields to the majority.
~ Deng Xiaoping
It doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.
~ Deng Xiaoping
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.
~ Deng Xiaoping
Let some people get rich first.
~ Deng Xiaoping
When our thousands of Chinese students abroad return home, you will see how China will transform itself.
~ Deng Xiaoping
Do not debate! is one of my inventions.
~ Deng Xiaoping
