It has been well over half a century and I'm glad to say we have taken the right path from authoritarianism to democracy and this is a road of no return.

I understand the harsh feelings and sentiments from my opponents and their supporters because I myself have been defeated twice in my political life in the past and I understand very well it is hard to accept your own failure.

The grandeur and strength or our people and democracy are as big as a forest.

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

However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan's democracy.

The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the ocean.

Because we can't communicate, there's a lot of misunderstanding.