Now they [the Powers] have started the aggression, and the extinction of our nation is imminent. If we just fold our arms and yield to them, I would have no face to see our ancestors after death. If we must perish, why not fight to the death?
"The Last Empress: The She-Dragon of China". Book by Keith Laidler, p. 221, January 21, 2005.
![Now they [the Powers] have started the aggression, and the extinction of our nation is imminent. If we just fold our arms and yield to them, I would have no face to see our ancestors after death. If we must perish, why](http://cdn.quoteddaily.com/images/empress-dowager-cixi/now-they-the-powers-have-started-the-aggression-and-the-extinction-of-our-nation-is-imminent-if-we-just-fold.jpg)