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"My vision is to build an e-commerce ecosystem that allows consumers and businesses to do all aspects of business online."

Business Vision, E-commerce, Business Ecosystem, Innovation, Technology

"Trade is a communication of cultures and values."

Globalization, Trade, Culture, Values

"As a business person, I want the world to share the prosperity together."

Business Philosophy, Business, Prosperity, Globalization, Sharing

"On privacy issues, it's just like hundreds of years ago when people said, 'I would rather put my money under my pillow than in a bank.' But today, banks know how to protect money much better than you do. Today, we may not have the answers to privacy issues, but I believe our young people will come up with the solutions."

Technology, Privacy, Youth, Security

"I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation."

Personal Growth, Failure, Perseverance, Education, Leadership

"The more I come to know about the outside world's perception of China, the more I feel there are all sorts of misunderstandings, and to a certain extent, people do not get the full picture from the media. A lot of foreigners have few opportunities to visit China, and a lot of Chinese people do not have the chance to go to Europe or to the West."

Globalization, Perception, China, Cultural Exchange

"When we started the e-commerce, nobody believed that China would have e-commerce because people believed in 'guang-shi,' face-to-face, and all kinds of network in traditional ways. There's no trust system in China."

Business Challenges, E-commerce, Trust, China, Innovation

"I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important."

Leadership, Impact, Change, Entrepreneurship, Influence

"I'm coming to this world not to work. I want to come to this world to enjoy my life. I don't want to die in my office. I want to die on the beaches."

Life Philosophy, Work-life Balance, Happiness, Enjoy Life, Personal Philosophy

"The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you've got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision. Also, if you don't give up, you still have a chance. And, when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength."

Leadership, Teamwork, Innovation, Focus

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"Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it."

George Washington, American President

Diplomacy, First, Force, Will

"We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Diplomacy, Blood, Europe, Forget, Nations

"Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Diplomacy, Actions, Words

"We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them."

Abdul Kalam, Indian Statesman

Diplomacy, History, Life, Culture, Land

"The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Diplomacy, Home, Lie, Lying, May

"A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron."

Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader

Diplomacy, Water

"Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Diplomacy, Eyes, Will

"When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Diplomacy, Government, Home, Time, Country

"When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Diplomacy, Man, Nothing

"We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

Diplomacy, Nation, Respect