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

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.

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

Over the next four years, I will continue to listen to different views and accept different suggestions.

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

We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution.

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.