"If we don't put forward such a proposal and start negotiating with China, how can we know we will not achieve any results?"

Hung Hsiu-chu Politics See all quotes by Hung Hsiu-chu →

quotekg

React to this quote

More by Hung Hsiu-chu

“With a woman's selflessness and kindness, I look to end populism and political wrangling between the blue and green camps in the coming presidential election against Tsai .”

“If I win , I will promote peace development across the Taiwan Strait and let people enjoy the benefits.”

“The ultimate goal of laws is to educate the society to abide by the law and law by itself can only address the symptoms, but education can reach deep into our heart, which is far more effective to set the society on the right course. So, education is the fundamental solution. Although I am an educator, I am marching toward the same goal as a lawyer and there is no need to feel disappointed.”

“Since I'm shouldering this commitment, I will do it with courage and without fear. Being the president of the Republic of China is no simple task.”

““I will not hesitate to even sell my house. It is my party and I will save it myself.”

“People should remember history so they can truly cherish what they have now.”

Resonant Thoughts

"Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatical; he who knows nothing thinks he can teach others what he just now has learned himself; whilst he who knows a great deal can scarcely imagine any one should be…"

— Jean de La Bruyère

Philosophy1645–1696

#knowledge

"Nehamas invokes Nietzsche’s talk of the “eternal basic text of homo natura” as evidence of aestheticism--the view, recall, that “texts can be interpreted equally well in vastly different and deeply in…"

— Brian Leiter

Philosophy1963

#knowledge

"We must understand the politics of our community and we must know what politics is supposed to produce. We must know what part politics play in our lives. And until we become politically mature we wil…"

— Malcolm X

Social Activism1925–1965

#knowledge

"You are a man now, and to be un hombre, a man must not only know right from wrong, he must also know who he is and who he isn’t. Because if a man doesn’t know who he is and who he isn’t, then no matte…"

— Victor Villaseñor

Literature1940

#knowledge