We must be guided by a fundamental principle, which is that all the power of the government is bestowed on us by the people; or the power belongs to the people. Everything we do should be for the people; we must rely on the people in all our endeavors, and we need to attribute all that we have achieved to the people's power.

The speed of a fleet is not determined by the vessel traveling the fastest, but rather by the speed of the vessel traveling the slowest.

If you want to know what happiness means, you can ask the land, which is full of flowers in full blossom, and you can also ask the river that is unfrozen.

To develop peaceful relations and facilitate growth on both sides of the Straits is a historical trend and no one can block it. This trend cannot be changed, whether you like it or not.

As an old Chinese poem goes: that a thousand sails pass by the wrecked ship, and 10,000 saplings shoot up beyond the withered tree.

We need to help our cadres and officials understand the motto that while water can carry a boat, it can also overturn it.

To win a friend from afar, one needs to have good relations with his close neighbors; to avoid adversity, one needs to try to ease enmity.

If Prime Minister Abe's visit to China in October last year can be termed as "an ice-breaking trip", I hope that my visit to Japan in April this year will be an "ice-thawing journey".

(China Daily 03/17/2007 page2)