Tsai Ing-wen Quotes

People have a right to be nervous and fearful. They heard what Trump said during the campaign and are wondering if he'll follow through on his promises.

The First Amendment makes confidence in the common sense of our people and in the maturity of their judgement the great postulate of our democracy.

When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don't become President of the United States. You are given temporary custody of an institution called the Presidency, which belongs to our people.

I'd rather report to four million people as the elected Sheriff than some governor or president, so I like reporting to the people.

I am not among those who fear the people. They, and not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom.

In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.

There's hardly a more bitter pill to take than when a President disappoints the people who most believed in him.

If I am traitor, who did I betray? I gave all my information to the American public, to American journalists who are reporting on American issues. If they see that as treason, I think people really need to consider who they think they're working for. The public is supposed to be their boss, not their enemy.

When you try to sow the seeds of doubt in people's minds about the legitimacy of our election, that undermines democracy. Then you're doing the work of our adversaries for them.

As long as the government's actions are secret, it cannot be held accountable. A government for the people and by the people should be transparent to the people.

I do not think I am entitled to assess the President of the United States. This is up to the American people.

The moment somebody's a president and you call him "Mr. President," (the person represents) our culture, our history, our sense as our nation.

If the choice is one-state, Israel can either be Jewish or Democratic. It cannot be both.

There is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment.

You know, the Constitution - there's nothing like it. But it doesn't necessarily give us the right to commit suicide as a country, OK? ... We're not gonna allow the people to come into our country. ... And if people want to come in, there's gonna be "Extreme vetting."

You do not keep American democracy in suspense. Because, look, too many people have marched and protested and fought and died for this democracy.

Democrats consider the people as the safest depository of power in the last resort; they cherish them, therefore, and wish to leave in them all the powers to the exercise of which they are competent.

You can't have a people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people.

This election result has increased people's faith in democracy.

We should never hesitate to use military force, and I will not, as president, in order to keep the American people safe. But we have to use our military wisely. And we did not use our military wisely in Iraq.

Democrats, Republicans, independents, people across America. If you don't vote for me, I still want to be your president.

I have another question: Hillary Clinton, lying to the American people about her selfish, awful judgment in making our secrets vulnerable.Guilty or not guilty?

You know, what genuinely makes me uneasy with the way things are going are not - is not really that Trump is going to do everything he said he was going to do, it's that he has no idea of his job as president. Plus, the people who have been up close and realized that he has no idea how to do this job are leaking like sieves.

Erasing national borders does not make people safer or more prosperous. It undermines democracy and trades away prosperity.

I wonder why rich people always grow fat I suppose it's because there's nothing to worry them.