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Democracy is knowing that we don't have to pledge loyalty to any political party, don't have to please anyone.

— Lung Ying-tai

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Working in the government nowadays, you can only get things done if you have the determination to go against the prevailing trend.

Lung Ying-tai (2014)

If one day I have a stroke, then that will tell me that being ROC Culture Minister is not worth it for me. As long as I am still in this position, I will definitely do my best until one day when I decide that it is not worth it anymore.

Lung Ying-tai (2013)

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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament!

Vladimir Lenin The State and Revolution (1917)

The law itself is the instrument of the ruling class; hence it is a logical impossibility for another class to assume power legally.

Oliver Cox Caste, Class, and Race: A Study in Social Dynamics (1948)

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of bourgeois stupidity.

Gustave Flaubert

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