Conservatives

"Hou (Yu-ih) is a civil servant, the embodiment of justice and an iron mayor. He is going to be 'iron president' next year (2024). He will tackle injustice and political corruption by resuming the special investigator system so that we can have a fair and just country again."

"Taiwan will not be a trouble-maker, but instead will play a role in facilitating peace and reducing risks in the region."

"Transportation infrastructure should undergo a professional evaluation and should not be used as a bargaining chip for the election."

"The head of a campaign office is just a title."

"There is (currently) indeed a shortage of surgical masks (in New Taipei due to COVID-19 outbreak). There is a lack of transparency on information about mask manufacturers and distribution. The (Republic of China) central government should clearly tell people how many masks each person can purchase."

"Although Taiwan guarantees freedom of speech, it is still a democratic country ruled by law."

"Taiwanese independence has no legal basis, so I oppose it. Unity in Taiwan should not be damaged by ideology. The Republic of China is our country and Taiwan is our home. We have to take good care of our home as well as our country."

"So, Mr Barroso, the most important conclusion of today has to be the message that you gave. You gave it here, very well and to much applause, but now you have to repeat it in another place, somewhere in Brussels, at the Council. I am no longer there, but I am sure we will know what you say there. You will have to repeat it there, telling them that the intergovernmental method is a bad method that cannot work. And why can it not work? Because it needs unanimity; the Polish know about that, as Poland disappeared in the 18th century because of the unanimity rule in the Polish Parliament: that is history and reality. The same could happen in Europe if we continue with this unanimity rule. We have to abolish it. Colleagues, this is the real problem. Why is there such a problem in this crisis? Because the Member States are reluctant to transfer new sovereignty and powers to the European Union. We all know that the only way out of this crisis is a new transfer of powers to the European Union and to the European institutions. That is at stake."

"[Brexit] is stupidity for a country with 53 percent of its exports going to the Continent and to the rest of Europe. It’s even so stupid that Britain’s best friends, the U.S., don’t understand it all."

"There is a historic battle going on across the west, in Europe, America, and elsewhere. It is globalism against populism. And you may loathe populism, but I’ll tell you a funny thing. It is becoming very popular! And it has great benefits. No more financial contributions, no more European Courts of Justice. No more European Common Fisheries Policy, no more being talked down to. No more being bullied, no more Guy Verhofstadt! What’s not to like. I know you’re going to miss us, I know you want to ban our national flags, but we’re going to wave you goodbye, and we’ll look forward in the future to working with you as a sovereign nation… [Farage is cut off by the chair]"

"If the UK doesn’t pay what is due, the EU will not negotiate a trade deal."

"I wanted to be sure that there would be no automatic deportation for people after that period because it can be people who are very vulnerable"

"It is sad to see a country leaving that twice liberated us, [that has] twice given its blood to liberate Europe"

"The only winners from a Brexit would be Nigel Farage and Vladimir Putin; who would relish a divided Europe."

"I know that within the Tory party the hard Brexiteers are compared to the leaders of the French revolution. I think Gove is Brissot, and Boris Johnson is Danton, and Rees-Mogg is compared to Robespierre. We should not forget that the efforts of these men were not appreciated by the common man they claimed to represent – because they all ended up on the guillotine. So that’s important to remind [them]."

"There is only one pro-European party in Britain and it is the Lib Dems."

"I think there will be huge support for Remain – that’s very clear. We’re going to see it... I’m pretty sure that there will be great support and certainly for the most pro-European party: the Lib Dems."

"Καλοδεχούμενος όταν έρθει αρκεί να με βρει όρθιο και δυνατό"

"Γιατί να το κρύψωμεν άλλωστε;"

"Yes, it was unfair (Directly quoted in Greek as "Ανφέρ")"

"My only fight is for Paris."

"Have you ever tried to take the metro with a pushchair? I have two small boys. It's a nightmare, you can't replace that with a vélib [Mr Delanoë's bike rental scheme]. Lots of middle-class families with children are obliged to leave, due to economic and housing issues. The Left denies it, but more and more are going out to the suburbs."

"I don't buy the prevailing theory that capitals are becoming increasingly Left-wing, they are in full globalisation and reconstruction mode, with huge tectonic shifts, a fusion of cultures. Whoever has the vision and personality to run such world cities is the right person. It's less about the political card you carry."

"You have to decide whether you want to take part in politics or not. We're a republic, not a monarchy, and the partner should be like in Germany, where Angela Merkel's companion is rarely mentioned."

"I have always got on well with Rachida, She's someone who has all sorts of qualities, an incredible energy, an important presence. She leaves no one indifferent."

"It time to declare Salafism outlawed. As sectarian drift, or as affecting the fundamental interests of the Nation, choose the safest way."

"I don't mind London being so attractive to the French, but what I don't want is for there to be a widening gap between the two where London is attractive and Paris less so. I want it to be self-evident that Paris is the place to be. If you leave for a professional opportunity, that is understandable, but to leave because you have the impression you can't succeed where you are, can't live in your life, that's a different matter."

"A couple of weeks after that I met Sergei Lavrov at the G8 ministerial in Potsdam, Germany. Frank-Walter Steinmeier was so proud of the beautiful restoration of Cecilienhof Palace, where the Potsdam Conference had been held in 1945 as World War II was drawing to a close. The flags of the victors were displayed in the corners of the conference room—the Stars and Stripes of the United States; the Union Jack of Great Britain; and the hammer and sickle of the Soviet Union—here in the unified Germany. Amazing, I thought. What would Truman think? What would Stalin think? The sentiment of the moment was suddenly disrupted by the comment of my unpredictable friend, the Japanese foreign minister, Taro Aso. “But for a few turns in the war, it could have been the flags of Germany, Italy, and Japan,” he blurted out. Okay, I thought. Time to move on."

"Do I have to say something?"

"A neighbor with one billion people equipped with nuclear bombs and has expanded its military outlays by double digits for 17 years in a row, and it is unclear as to what this is being used for. It is beginning to be a considerable threat."

"Luckily, we Japanese have yellow faces."

"Everyone of commoner."

"Everyone of plebeian."

"One culture, one civilization, one language, and one ethnic group."

"Democratic parliaments are not places where debate occurs but where popular absolutism registers its edicts."

"El moderno llama “cambio” caminar más rápidamente por el mismo camino en la misma dirección. El mundo, en los últimos trescientos años, no ha cambiado sino en ese sentido. La simple propuesta de un verdadero cambio escandaliza y aterra al moderno. (p. 227)"

"La técnica ofrecería menos peligros si su manipuleo no le fuese tan fácil al imbécil y tan rentable al caco. (p. 179)"

"Envejecer es catástrofe del cuerpo que nuestra cobardía convierte en catástrofe del alma. (p. 21)"

"En lugar de humanizar la técnica el moderno prefiere tecnificar al hombre. (p. 123)"

"La técnica no cumple los viejos sueños del hombre, sino los remeda con sorna. (p. 12)"

"To tolerate does not mean to forget that what we tolerate does not deserve anything more."

"The difference between "organic" and "mechanical" in social matters is a moral one: the "organic" is the result of innumerable humble acts; the "mechanical" is the result of one decisive act of arrogance."

"If philosophy does not resolve any scientific problem, science, in its turn, does not resolve any philosophical problem."

"Love of the people is an aristocratic calling. The democrat only loves the people at election time."

"Clarity of text is the sole incontrovertible sign of the maturity of an idea."

"The left claims that the guilty party in a conflict is not the one who covets another’s goods but the one who defends his own."

"An "ideal society" would be the graveyard of human greatness."

"The criterion of "progress" between two cultures or two eras consists of a greater capacity to kill."

"The word "modern" no longer has an automatic prestige except among fools."

"Whoever says that he "belongs to his time" is only saying that he agrees with the largest number of fools at that moment."