Quotes About Independence

Taiwan is an independent sovereign country.

We will never allow anybody to separate Taiwan from China.

For the world's four Chinese-speaking regions - Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and mainland China - the longer the colonization, the more advanced a place is.

The majority of Taiwan people cannot accept Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong, nor can we accept Taiwan becoming a local government of the People's Republic of China or a Special Administrative Region of China.

I think that there is a relatively small number of people who are pushing for independence in Taiwan.

Taiwan is democratic.

Taiwan's democracy has grown very fast and we enjoy a certain degree of freedom, as other developed democracies like the United States.

People movements have heralded a new era of Taiwan politics.

We have to convince mainland China that a free and democratic Taiwan is more in China's interest than reunification.

We recognize Taiwan as the beacon of Asian democracy.

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

For many Taiwanese, almost all Taiwanese, we'd like to we say we are a country, and we have a sovereignty of our own.

There's no map for you to follow and take your journey. You are Lewis and Clark. You are the mapmaker.

It is every American's right to question any big event, especially when it's seized on to take the basic liberties of Americans.

I could never take orders from anyone.

A right is not what someone gives you; it's what no one can take from you.

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.

My parents didn't believe in luck. They believed in hard work and in preparing me to take advantage of opportunity. Like many parents, they taught me to be generous but never to depend on the generosity of others.

Being a mentor and a leader, I've always urged guys, if you're ever allowed to be a free agent, to take advantage of that opportunity.

Don't be naive and allow a man to take advantage of you.

You've got to gamble on yourself. If you don't, no one else is going to. It's very hard when you're poor to turn down money. When you've got money, it's easy. When you're poor, you need money today. People take advantage of poor people.

I was a mama's girl. So when I had to go to Korea without mom, I felt that I had to take care of myself now. I was 14, such a kid. I didn't speak any Korean. I only knew how to say 'hello,' so it really was a new start.

Being able to take care of myself is something that my mom really instilled in me.

I better know how to take care of myself.