"I had previously stated on many occasions that I would not run in the 2016 presidential election. But at this crucial moment, it was a decision I had no choice but to make in order to improve the health of Taiwan's democracy."
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"I object very much when my work is said to not be political, because my feelings about the social system are in there somewhere. The idea is to have it all in there together—you can’t pull it out."
"The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government more than the government serves them."
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