America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.

A little uncertainty is good for everyone.

The issues are too important to be left for the voters.

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

More and more of the Taiwanese economy is connected with the mainland. There are more and more exchanges taking place. There's no reason to doubt that over a period of ten years or so, or maybe more, the conditions of life on the two sides of the Taiwan Strait will become more comparable, and the dialogue on the political level therefore easier.

University politics make me long for the simplicity of the Middle East.

Why should we flagellate ourselves for what the Cambodians did to each other?