"This is not the first time a branch of the executive (Presidential Office) has refused to answer questions (regarding cigarette smuggling scandal) from the legislative body using that excuse and I am sure it will not be the last."

"The appointment (as special envoy to APEC 2016) fills me with a deep sense of responsibility. It is a mission rather than a job. This mission is not about personal glory, but the entrustment of a responsibility to present to the international community the achievements Taiwan has made in the past decades."

"Cooperation is not a merger. There's no need to crush oneself to accommodate others."

"I would like to express my regret for the harms and wounds that once existed in this island of Taiwan. I also want to extend my apologies to those afflicted with such long-standing and agonizing pains. We must not forget how many families were torn up and how their emotional sufferings have been passed down from generation to generation. I can now relate to such pains. My apology is long overdue."

"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 key to cross-strait peace and stability lay in mutual recognition of the 1992 Consensus."

"Beijing should face up to the existence of the Republic of China, as it is the best connection linking Taipei and Beijing."

"A government should do what it should be doing, and act when it should be acting in critical circumstances."

"The tomb of late general Bai Chongxi will form the basis for a Muslim cultural area and Taiwan historical park."

"One hundred years ago, the trend of the times facing the Chinese Revolutionary League (Tongmenghui) was irresistible, the trend of reunification confronting us today one hundred years thereafter is, likewise, irresistible, because the anti-secession trend has taken shape."

"Since a trilateral negotiation between Chinese mainland, Japan and Taiwan cannot be realized at the time, the Taiwan government should hold a dialogue with the mainland so the two sides could jointly discuss issues related to defending China's inherent territory."