Jiang Yi-huah

“A country cannot solely rely on the government and opposition parties to solve all of the problems.”

“The relationship between Scotland and the United Kingdom and that between the ROC-Taiwan and (Mainland) China are totally different. The ROC is an independent country, so the question of announcing independence via referendum is simply a nonstarter. Any kind of referendum that aims to change the status quo would be unwise. Keeping the ROC on Taiwan as an independent, sovereign state is our topmost priority. Any idea diverging from this would be at odds with the Constitution and against our citizens’ interests.”

“Where there is the will, we can make it.”

“A democratic country has zero tolerance for all illegal monitoring operations.”

“If the government does not adjust the electricity rate, then even God could not operate Taipower.”

“The then-Japanese empire suppressed the people of the Republic of China and took over the authority against our will, and so ‘Japanese occupation’ should be a proper term to describe the period.”

“Many government officials have very high moral standards at the beginning of their duties, but after a while some officials sway from the right path and easily fall into the temptation of bribery and fraud.”

“We will not change what we have already announced to the public (regarding minimum wage hike). This is something that the workers have been waiting many months for, and the government should respect the efforts they put into their daily duties.”

“Ask not how long the term you will serve, but ask what meaningful things you will do during your tenure.”

“You have to treat every day as the last day of your appointment, regardless of how long you are going to serve.”