I do not wish a foreign army to spill the blood of my people. Bao ?ai More Quotes by Bao ?ai More Quotes From Bao ?ai I would prefer to be a citizen of an independent country rather than Emperor of an enslaved one. Bao ?ai independent citizens country The time has come to put an end to the fratricidal war and to recover at last peace and accord. Bao ?ai lasts ends war Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country. Bao ?ai independent house country In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death. Bao ?ai unions division mean As for us, during twenty years' reign, we have known much bitterness. Bao ?ai reign twenties years If your government had given me a thousandth of the sum it spent to depose me, I could have won that war. Bao ?ai given government war