Rising Power Quotes

When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.

America has at one bound become a world power in a sense she never was before.

Historically when there is a rising power like China, it has usually led to confrontations between the rising power and the existing dominant powers. And when you have a shift of the center of gravity of world affairs from the Atlantic to the Pacific, then you have an additional element.

When a rising power confronts a ruling power, bad things usually happen.... This is what happens when an extablished entity faces an upstart.... To avoid a disasterous clash like war, both parties have to make an adjustment, but the ruling power has to make more painful adjustments.

China has, without doubt, become an economic superpower.

China is very important. The future growth of China, China's influence is bound to rise.

An established power always feels threatened by a rising power.

A rising economic power that violates human rights is a threat to peace.

Tomorrow, our nation will sit on the throne of the world... Tomorrow we will lead the world, Allah willing. Apologize today, before remorse will do you no good. Our nation is moving forwards, and it is in your interest to respect a victorious nation.

As a kid, I always liked reading stories where I had a power-projection fantasy. I wanted to be inside of a story where I had power and influence, was going to rise to power, was going to somehow influence my society.

We are the envy of Europe and in a few years time we are going to be one of the top countries in the world.

I have been observing China for more than 30 years and am impressed how logically and wisely it tackles its problems. Obviously the international system could be unbalanced by China's rising power - if we don't prepare ourselves for the new competitive situation, that is. But it is an economic challenge, not aggression on the level of Hitler.

Pompey bade Sylla recollect that more worshipped the rising than the setting sun.

China's influence is bound to rise.

There is a growing recognition about China as a power in the ascent, and there is a question out there about what China will do with their new ascension.

All you have to do is read the business literature. In the 1930s they were very frightened and they were concerned about how the rising power of the masses was hazardous to industrialists.

Individually and collectively, we are shifting from a position of fear into surrender and trust of the intuitive. The power of the feminine energy is on the rise in our world.