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"The Hong Kong government has allowed the murderer (Chan Tong-kai) to walk free, not only in Hong Kong but also in Taiwan, which is absolutely unacceptable."

"Our nation is a sovereign, independent nation, as evidenced by the fact that we use passports when leaving the country and not personal identification cards."

"I come to the ministry (of Interior) on my own because I feel total confidence in the people of this ministry and have no need to bring staff."

"As long as the public still needs my services, I shall do my best."

"If my colleagues and I could confront such a difficult issue (controversies surrounding the appointment of National Taiwan University president), can our society please let things go too?"

"As an academic, I believe in the advantages of global academic dialogue, including exchanges with (mainland) China. While there are special circumstances across the (Taiwan) Strait, the nation has laws and regulations in place to govern (issues related to mainland China), and I have followed them in all of my speaking engagements and short-term lectureships there."

"Is it really necessary to have so many municipalities in such a small nation? The key is effective governance."

"You cannot treat badly to your classmate just because his color is different or he is somehow different."

"We hope that (Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits President) Chen (Deming) will not try to tell Taiwan what to do when he visits (Taiwan)."

"The living room is a factory and the rooftop is a farm."

"We should continue to abide by the principles of putting aside differences and seeking consensus, and put economics before politics in handling cross-strait relations. This is why we are focused on cross-strait exchanges in the area of economic and trade cooperation."

"There should be no civil war among the Chinese people and no friction across the Taiwan Strait."

"It is not a country-to-country relation between the two sides of the Strait."

"The common ground is that both sides belong to one China, and as for the differences, we will squarely face reality and put aside disputes."

"We are delighted to see that some political parties (e.g. DPP) have decided to change their approach and start a dialogue with mainland China. More communication between Taiwan and the Mainland can only help to reduce differences within Taiwan and achieve consensus, so the KMT welcomes such developments."

"While both insist there's only 'one China,' we have different interpretations of 'one China'."

"Cross-strait relations are not nation-to-nation based. These are special relations."

"The more areas in which we (Taiwan and Mainland China) agree, the greater the chances of resolving our differences."

"We should cement political trust between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and continue to define cross-strait relations under the 'one China' framework. Cross-strait relations are special relations."

"You have to treat every day as the last day of your appointment, regardless of how long you are going to serve."

"A country cannot solely rely on the government and opposition parties to solve all of the problems."

"The relationship between Scotland and the United Kingdom and that between the ROC-Taiwan and (Mainland) China are totally different. The ROC is an independent country, so the question of announcing independence via referendum is simply a nonstarter. Any kind of referendum that aims to change the status quo would be unwise. Keeping the ROC on Taiwan as an independent, sovereign state is our topmost priority. Any idea diverging from this would be at odds with the Constitution and against our citizens’ interests."

"Where there is the will, we can make it."

"A democratic country has zero tolerance for all illegal monitoring operations."

"If the government does not adjust the electricity rate, then even God could not operate Taipower."

"The then-Japanese empire suppressed the people of the Republic of China and took over the authority against our will, and so ‘Japanese occupation’ should be a proper term to describe the period."

"Many government officials have very high moral standards at the beginning of their duties, but after a while some officials sway from the right path and easily fall into the temptation of bribery and fraud."

"We will not change what we have already announced to the public (regarding minimum wage hike). This is something that the workers have been waiting many months for, and the government should respect the efforts they put into their daily duties."

"Ask not how long the term you will serve, but ask what meaningful things you will do during your tenure."