Taiwan Quotes · Page 3

Taiwan gives a lot of foreign aid to Costa Rica, so it looks like they are basically buying the right to fish,…

— Paul Watson

In Taiwan there's a saying: Raising a child is more important than giving birth. Raising a child is greater.

— Chien-Ming Wang

Taiwan isn't ruled by rule of law. Taiwan is a country of liars and fraudsters. Our politicians are full of lies. They…

— Ko Wen-je

“I looked out again at the rising moon and I let the weight of my day, my week, lift away with the…

— Gerry Abbey

We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we're excited about that.

— Mike Johanns

The greater concerns in China and Taiwan are on the political side, not on the economic side.

— Anonymous

I expect the ruling and opposition parties to work together for the future of Taiwan.

— Chen Shui-bian

Buddhists and Taoists of the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan share the same roots and instructions and have always maintained sound…

— Jia Qinglin

It was tough times in Ohio when we lived there. My dad was between unemployed and just selling random knickknacks at a…

— Chieh Huang

“And so we went. And so it went. And, slowly, I began to learn: speaking in the same language does not equal…

— Gerry Abbey

Ronald Reagan, when he was campaigning for President, said that he would break relations with Communist China and re-establish diplomatic relations with…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

We must not fall into the mistake of thinking that it is America that trades with Taiwan or Europe that trades with…

— Margaret Thatcher

Taiwan needs to start looking at some asymmetric and anti-access area denial strategies and really fortify itself in a manner that would…

— Robert C. O'Brien

Safeguarding the interests of our Taiwan compatriots and expanding their well-being is the mainland's oft-repeated pledge and solemn promise of the new…

— Xi Jinping

But now all of a sudden some idiots in Taiwan start to say that they are not Chinese. Their grand parents were…

— Alex Chiu

In Japan, Taiwan and South Korea, the government in a matter of years has put a lot of energy behind recycling food…

— Tristram Stuart

Making this movie as a period piece about a period that was very recent in people's minds. I was in Taiwan [during…

— Ang Lee

More and more of the Taiwanese economy is connected with the mainland. There are more and more exchanges taking place. There's no…

— Henry A. Kissinger

We came over when I was 8 from Taiwan. That was my life: going to school, working at the restaurant, playing basketball.

— Justin Lin

As I've said many times and publicly, a war between China and Taiwan that involves the United States is a lose-lose-lose.

— Dennis C. Blair

Taiwan's development in the past 20 years in high tech is almost 100 percent related to Silicon Valley.

— Stan Shih

Taiwan was once a member of the IMF, and I strongly believe it deserves to rejoin this vital organization.

— Al N. Green

The election of the nationalist Chen Shui-bian as president in 2000 and his re-election in 2004 was a nadir in the relationship…

— Martin Jacques

Political activists in Hong Kong and Taiwan use Facebook as their primary tool to mobilize support for their causes and activities.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

You know golf is very lonely. When I'm in the States, I feel like if I just think about Taiwan, my friends,…

— Yani Tseng

The first time I went to Taiwan, there were cameras, paparazzi, TV stations outside my hotel twenty-four hours a day nonstop.

— Jeremy Lin

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

— Fred Thompson

“There were signs everywhere but none that I could read or even hope to decipher. These multi-lined symbols unhinged my familiar world.”

— Gerry Abbey

There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state.

— Anonymous

I was so happy when I found out I had been drafted by the Yankees. Growing up in Taiwan, I had heard…

— Chien-Ming Wang

There is a great deal of concern in the Chinese military that Taiwan's reunification with China is drifting further and further away.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

Ultimately, China may use force to push for unification with Taiwan, a scenario we all must work to prevent.

— Michael K. Simpson

In accordance with the Taiwan Relations Act, you know, we're committed to helping Taiwan develop the capability to defend itself.

— Lloyd Austin

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

— Chen Shui-bian

“My professional life had started and here I was at a professional dinner full of uninhibited drinking.”

— Gerry Abbey

I just want people to respect the privacy of my relatives in Taiwan. ... They need to live their lives as well.

— Jeremy Lin

“I’d learned so much from traveling to familiar places that I figured I’d learn twice as much by going to a place…

— Gerry Abbey

For decades, the United States and the world has been pretending that Taiwan is not an independent nation. We must formally acknowledge…

— Byron Donalds

Facebook is blocked in mainland China, but is used heavily by the rest of the Chinese-speaking world, including Hong Kong, Singapore, and…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

“Somehow, we were passing the boundaries of language and finding clarity in shared thought, even if we were just talking about beer!”

— Gerry Abbey