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William Kirby quotes

English Scientist September 19, 1759 – July 4, 1850

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The PRC is the big brother in this relationship, and it has the capacity to be generous to Taiwan on this issue in a manner that might do much to defuse that issue internally in Taiwan. William Kirby
The Chinese government since 1979 has been very successful in economic development, and successful enough, simply by surviving, in the realm of political development. William Kirby
The world is ruled by such dreams, dreams of impassioned hearts, and improvisations of warm lips, not by cold words linked in chains of iron sequence, --- not by logic. The heart with its passions, not the understanding with its reasoning, sways, in the long run, the actions of mankind. William Kirby
I don't believe that economic and cultural interaction automatically brings greater peace and understanding, although it may help in that regard. William Kirby
I would hope we would begin a series of projects that would do more to bring the different parts of the university together in the study of Asia, for example, in the study of the professions in Asia. William Kirby
Now, I believe that war is never inevitable until it starts, but there has been a great proclivity in human history, and including in recent history, for war. William Kirby
East Asia has prospered since the end of the Vietnam War, and Northeast Asia has prospered since the end of the Korean War in a way that seems unimaginable when you think of the history of the first half of the century. William Kirby
Harvard is first and foremost a university and not a consulting operation, and our job here is to teach and to research and to create knowledge on Asia in conjunction and in cooperation with scholars as well as with political, intellectual, and cultural leaders in Asia. William Kirby
The most important thing that certainly the United States and other Asian and Pacific actors have done is to urge that whatever happens, however the dispute is resolved, that it be resolved peacefully. William Kirby
Another goal is to look to the resources we have and to see how we could do better to plan, in a sense, for the faculty and infrastructure that we will need to study Asia well into the 21st century. William Kirby
So, anything that avoids a conflict that could draw in, unhappily again, outside powers such as the United States or revisit, for example, Japan's interests in the Taiwan area would be the last thing that anyone would want. William Kirby
William Kirby quote: "There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political..."
There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state. William Kirby
William Kirby quote: "So, I think China desperately needs to legitimize some form of..."
So, I think China desperately needs to legitimize some form of opposition. William Kirby
A war in the Taiwan Strait would destroy China's international relations overnight. It would destroy Chinese - Japanese relations, not to mention Chinese - American relations. William Kirby
You could argue that war is always an irrational act, and yet many states enter into military conflict out of rational calculation or national interest or the stability or longevity of their regime. William Kirby

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