Tsai Ing-wen Quotes

I will make the greatest efforts to seek mutually acceptable interaction between Taiwan and mainland China.

We will work toward maintaining the status quo for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait in order to bring the greatest benefits and well-being to the Taiwanese people.

Let us move from the era of confrontation to the era of negotiation.

I'm not looking for a battle with anybody, neither the council nor our labor partners.

Better talk than fight, if nothing of sovereign value is anyway lost. Dialogue has achieved more than confrontation in many parts of the world.

Through mutual understanding, sincerity and goodwill, and with great wisdom and broad views, the leaders on both sides should jointly initiate new opportunities for peace, stability, cooperation and mutual benefit.

The best way to avoid warfare is if no one shows up.

Secondly I would like to make continuous efforts of stabilising cross Strait relations, eventually reaching peace across the Taiwan strait and stability and security in the Asia Pacific region.

But we want peace, I would move all my people down this way. I could then keep them all quietly near camp.

My policy is trust—peace, and to put aside the bayonet

All States do not have the same interests, but are there any interests which cannot be infinitely better reconciled before than after a war?

We do not want to change everything. We don’t want to flex our muscles. We seek reconciliation and not domination.

It's not going to be easy to create a world where both sides prefer peace, but we have to try.

We are not seeking... and looking for war with any nations. We are seeking peace and stability among all the nations in the region.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

The violence seems to be diminishing. They've stared into the abyss a bit. I think they've all concluded that further violence... is not in their interests.

I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. I've always said this is the only way forward.

Intervention only works when the people concerned seem to be keen for peace.

Peace must be more than the absence of war.

We extend our hand towards peace. Our people are committed to peace. We know that peace entails painful compromise for both sides.

I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.

It is highly probable that in most cases, war could be avoided or ended. For discussions allow passion to subside, and to persuade alienated neighbors, or at least one of them, to listen to the voice of a conciliator is a step in the direction of peace.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

A war can perhaps be won single-handedly. But peace - lasting peace - cannot be secured without the support of all.

Peace with the Palestinians will open ports of peace all around the Mediterranean. The duty of leaders is to pursue freedom ceaselessly, even in the face of hostility, in the face of doubt and disappointment. Just imagine what could be.