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A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.

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The British seizure of Hongkong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the British Empire: the takeover and destruction of India, and the use of India to flood China with opium.

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The British system denied any role for human creativity, and instead argued, that if man merely followed his hedonistic desires, pursuing pleasure and avoiding pain, objective laws would naturally guide society to achieve the best allocation of wealth.

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Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

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At midnight on July 1, 1997, Hongkong, the British Crown Colony, will be restored to China. This is not only an event which will be celebrated by patriotic Chinese; any patriotic American should celebrate it as well.

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Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies.

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The myth that the founding of American Republic was based on the philosophy of John Locke could only have been maintained, because the history of Leibniz's influence was suppressed.

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We fear doing too little when we should do more. Then atone by doing too much, when perhaps we should do less.

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Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium.

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The East India Company's domination of the Indian economy was based on its private army.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: October 15th, 1909

Died: November 14th, 2000

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