A Quote by Chiang Kai-shek

For a period of 17 years - from the age of 9 until I was 25 years old - my mother never spent a day free from domestic difficulties.

Chiang Kai-shek

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Chiang Kai-shek
Chinese - Soldier
October 31, 1887 - April 5, 1975

It was entirely due to my mother [a devout Buddhist] and her kindness and perseverance that the family was saved from utter ruin. For a period of 17 years--from the age of 9 until I was 25 years old--my mother never spent a day free from domestic difficulties.

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