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If I had been born into an ordinary family and if my parents hadn’t passed away in that way, I wouldn’t have had to go into politics.

— Park Geun-hye

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North Korea would effectively be crossing the Rubicon if they were to conduct another nuclear test.

Happiness can only flourish when people feel comfortable and secure. I pledge to you today that I will not tolerate any action that threatens the lives of our people and the security of our nation.

Excerpts from inaugural address (2013)

In 1997 we had a financial crisis as part of the wider Asian crisis and I felt I had to come back and work for the people.

A genuine era of happiness is only possible when we aren’t clouded by the uncertainties of aging and when bearing and raising children is truly considered a blessing. No citizen should be left to fear that he or she might not be able to meet the basic requirements of life.

Excerpts from inaugural address (2013)

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Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

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Every Communist must grasp the truth: Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

Mao Zedong

Three-fourths of the Italian economy, industrial and agricultural, is in the hands of the state.

Benito Mussolini

Fear and destructiveness are the major emotional sources of fascism, eros belongs mainly to democracy.

Theodor Adorno The Authoritarian Personality (1950)

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