Taiwan Quotes

• If we really love and cherish Taiwan, we should hold our hands in unity to protect our country and our democratic values with the most humble and tolerant hearts.

  Chen Shui-bian

  Country, Heart, Humble

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• I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's desire to avoid confrontation with China.

  Michael K. Simpson

  Country, Political, Desire

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• Taiwan is an independent, sovereign country.

  Chen Shui-bian

  Country, Independent, Prejudice

  "Complete Interview with President Chen Shui-bian". Interview with Keith Bradsher, www.nytimes.com. October 18, 2007.

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• In Taiwan there's a saying: Raising a child is more important than giving birth. Raising a child is greater.

  Chien-Ming Wang

  Children, Giving, Important

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• Even if I were knocked down by one gunshot it wouldn't affect our democracy and I wasn't knocked down and I have great confidence in our democracy and in Taiwan and in the people of Taiwan.

  Chen Shui-bian

  Confidence, People, Democracy

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• We will make every effort to unify all ethnic groups, to strengthen belief in Taiwan and to persist in reform.

  Chen Shui-bian

  Effort, Groups, Reform

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• When I grew up, in Taiwan, the Korean War was seen as a good war, where America protected Asia. It was sort of an extension of World War II. And it was, of course, the peak of the Cold War. People in Taiwan were generally proAmerican. The Korean War made Japan. And then the Vietnam War made Taiwan. There is some truth to that.

  Ang Lee

  War, America, Japan

  Interview with Liev Schreiber, www.interviewmagazine.com. July 28, 2009.

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• There is only one China. Taiwan is not independent. It does not enjoy sovereignty as a nation.

  Colin Powell

  Independent, Doe, China

  "Warnings by Powell to Taiwan Provoke a Diplomatic Dispute" by Joseph Kahn, query.nytimes.com. October 28, 2004.

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• My affection for Taiwan... is witnessed by everyone. My wife is Taiwanese and I am a son-in-law of Taiwan. I am half Taiwanese.

  Jackie Chan

  Son, Law, Wife

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• I have great confidence in the universal value and in basic human rights and I have great confidence that referenda will eventually take root and become part of our daily lives in Taiwan.

  Chen Shui-bian

  Confidence, Rights, Roots

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• It's very important for Taiwan to maintain its international contact.

  Ma Ying-jeou

  Important, Contact, International

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, edition.cnn.com. February 13, 2007.

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• Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China.

  Nick Lampson

  Democracy, World, China

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• We must not fall into the mistake of thinking that it is America that trades with Taiwan or Europe that trades with Asia. The truth is that it is American companies that trade with Taiwanese companies.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Mistake, Fall, Thinking

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• My dad grew up basically in a hut in Taiwan without enough food to eat. And within one generation his son in America gets to do a comedy show about whatever he wants.

  Aziz Ansari

  Dad, Son, America

  "‘Master of None’ Creators Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang on Turning Dinner Conversation into Michelin Star TV". Interview with Ben Travers, www.indiewire.com. November 6, 2015.

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• We will strive to make Taiwan a better place and enable our people to live better lives.

  Chen Shui-bian

  People, Prejudice, Strive

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• There are no boundaries in the real Planet Earth. No United States, no Soviet Union, no China, no Taiwan...Rivers flow unimpeded across the swaths of continents. The persistent tides - the pulse of the sea - do not discriminate; they push against all the varied shores on Earth.

  Jacques Yves Cousteau

  Real, Sea, Rivers

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• Ultimately, China may use force to push for unification with Taiwan, a scenario we all must work to prevent.

  Michael K. Simpson

  Use, May, China

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• I have said there are three principles that should be followed. One, we should maintain the "one China" policy that every American president has articulated, including President Reagan. Secondly, we should make clear that we want a peaceful resolution. And three, Taiwan should not challenge that arrangement in a way that will provoke a conflict. Those are three perfectly clear principles. I haven't used any of the other slogans.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Challenges, Peaceful, President

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Secondly I would like to make continuous efforts of stabilising cross Strait relations, eventually reaching peace across the Taiwan strait and stability and security in the Asia Pacific region.

  Chen Shui-bian

  Peace, Effort, Asia

  BBC Interview, news.bbc.co.uk. March 30, 2004.

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• Taiwan is a major economy.

  William C. Kirby

  Economy, Majors

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• I'm just so happy to see my friends and fans in Taiwan, 'cause that's where I'm from.

  Yani Tseng

  Causes, Fans, My Friends

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• Taiwan is a budding democracy, and the people have participated in multi-party democratic elections since 1996.

  Todd Akin

  Party, People, Democracy

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• Whatever it took to help Taiwan defend theirself.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Political, Helping

  "Choppy waters" by Jay Branegan and James Carney, www.cnn.com. April 30, 2001.

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• Taiwan and China are related ethnically and close neighbors geographically. There's no reason to resent or to fight against each other.

  Annette Lu

  Fighting, Reason, Neighbor

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• It can be argued - and rightly - that Taiwan is not just another regional issue: after all, the Chinese regard it as part of China. But Taiwan is also a regional issue for three reasons. First, the overthrow or even the neutering of democracy in Taiwan, which is what Beijing effectively demands, would be a major setback for democracy in the region as a whole. Second, if the Chinese were able to get their way by force in Taiwan, they would undoubtedly be tempted to do the same in other disputes. And third, there is no lack of such disputes to provoke a quarrel.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Issues, Chinese, Democracy

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