"I perfectly understand how big a decision Kaohsiung voters have made to elect me mayor because I have only lived here for a short time. I promise to build a clean government, and use whoever is good for the city, regardless of their political affiliations, and do all I can to make Kaohsiung rich and great."

"Whether Parliament is either a representative body or an efficient one is questionable, but I value it because it criticizes and talks, and because its chatter gets widely reported. So two cheers for …"

"...a great campaign was launched to try to prevent the success of the Marshall plan in western Europe. Why? I am forced to the conclusion that it was because economic recovery in western Europe did no…"

"The government's priority remains the earliest termination of this hijacking and the earliest return of the passengers, crew and aircraft."

"If you're a social democrat, then you think it's cool to pay taxes. For me, tax is the finest expression for what politics really is."