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...know that Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tse-tung both say there is only one China. We are not in the position to contest that; we must follow what they say." Reminded that he once expressed his debt to Chiang for approaching postwar Japan "with a spirit of regret and not of revenge," Sato replied, "My esteem for Chiang still has some influence on my personal feelings. But one must distinguish between personal feelings and official views. Whatever my personal feelings to ward Chiang, it does not mean I support independence for Taiwan. But I don't think this...
Terry's only regret in leaving Phoenix was in having to leave behind his Custom Street Machine. "She was beautiful. A maroon falcon sprint jacked up in the back, with meats, and a 427 cu. in. hemi-under-glass mounted in the ashtray...
...irony is that as absolutes, Reason and Unreason commit the same mistake. The ideology of Reason was an attempt to escape human complexity by rising above it. The ideology of madness is an attempt to escape by plunging beneath it. Impulse to action-no hesitation in between, no regret afterward-is the romantic dream of those who envy animals and madmen. But man thinks almost as naturally as he feels. Would-be animal, would-be madman, he is doomed to exceed himself simply because he can think about exceeding himself...
...points for regret...
...constituent assembly, perhaps in part by universal suffrage and in part by the provincial councils, to devise new basic laws and choose a new Central Government. If as a result of this process the VC-NLF secured control of the Central Government, the United States would obviously regret the outcome but could also accept it and fall under little compulsion to reintervene...