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Quotes by South-korean Authors
"If there is a doubt, I believe that I must put myself forward and undergo the people's judgment."
"You know, North Korea situation is far worse than East Germany, and South Korea is weaker than West Germany."
"Unification is not our present goal. That is a future program."
"So such an American troops presence in Korea in the South and Japan, total some 100,000 should stay there forever, even after unification of Korean peninsula."
"At times, we were forced to go through a history of dependence, unable to determine our own destiny. But today, we are at the threshold of a new turning point."
"In my day, the president ruled with authority before the law, but now all that is lost."
"We are a people who can bring about miracles if united."
"It's very certain that North Korea is developing nuclear weapons for offensive purposes. They don't need nuclear weapons to defend their own country."
"To Koreans on the other side, we care about your freedom."
"I feel very sorry for the one or two North Korean defectors who were caught by Chinese police while entering South Korean or foreign embassies in Beijing, but their arrest drew the whole attention of the world."
"So moderate is insisting that North Korea should open door to outside."
"Unification is one thing, and stability in Northeast Asia is another thing."
"The blood and sweat shed by United States and United Nations troops proved to be the prime mover behind the realisation of freedom throughout the post-war period."
"Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers."
"American presence is, you know, the major cause of balance of power and the stability in this region."
"So in Asia I want to make - I want to succeed to make a model of what success, practicing democracy, and market economy. Then that will give a good influence over Asian countries."
"Once a major military confrontation occurs, North Korea will definitely be annihilated."
"I think a major cause of present Asian economic difficulties that mainly come from, you know, lack of market economy."
"No doubt it was better to have become president than not."
"Well, that is very imperative to let North Korea open door to outside."
"But such IMF pressure is very much helpful for me to push such a, you know, reform. So in this sense I think IMF is very much helpful for alien society."
"To realize peace on the Korean peninsula, and to develop exchange, cooperation between both Koreas, they are the, you know, immediate target of our government."
"And also, we are providing, you know, a nuclear power plant in the north, two light water systems, so some 4 or 5 billion dollars we are providing to meet with North Korean requests on the condition North Korea will not produce a nuclear weapon."
"So for mutual interest, I do want American presence in this region."
"Even if we encounter some shameful events in the past, we shouldn't avoid or hide them."
"I don't think the current regime of South Korea will deal actively with the issue of North Korean defectors."
"I reached a situation in which I cannot conduct the presidency."
"We must regain the confidence and drive to decide our own destiny."
"If America would withdraw from South Korea, there could be a power struggle between such as China and Japan."
"So now we are pushing economic reform, bank reform and enterprise reform. So we can finish that reform this year, in September or October. Then our economy may be much more, you know, normalized."
"So if North Korea continues present isolation, then with such economic difficulties the North Korean government must meet a very serious situation in the future."
"There is some sign that North Korea is changing recently. There is ongoing successful negotiation to have a military talk to Pyongyang, which has been stopped for seven years."
"I have done a lot of things outside of Science Fiction, but there has been an almost disproportionate amount of that genre in my body of work. I don't know what to make of it."
"The stark reality facing us today is that without the labour reforms, workers will get neither the income nor jobs in the face of cut-throat global economic competition."
"You must constantly change and adapt to a new environment."
"So South Korean ability is very much limited to handle North Korean, you know, difficulties. So we don't want to see an immediate collapse of the North Korea regime."
"Given that you desire to change things in your life much bigger than particles, how long do you maintain your observation and how much mental power do you invest in observing those things?"
"There is much work to be done, and we are the ones privileged to do it."
"Recalibration comes from experiencing Nothingness, being open to emptiness as the ultimate reality and our nature. It is the purest mind, the Energy-Consciousness itself."
"If a change in our lives require individually or socially painful sacrifices, it will be difficult to put into effect no matter how necessary that change might be. However, if we start down the road of transformation with simple, enjoyable, and tangible changes, we will soon be prepared to tackle larger issues."
"The universe likes change. All that appears solid and substantial is built on the shifting sands of ceaseless transformation on the quantum level. Ironically, that's the one steady factor about the universe - it is always changing, which means our efforts to change are supported by the very nature of Life."
"When you experience being present, there is no separation between you and other things. If you feel separate, you are already out of the present and returned to your familiar land of names and concepts."
"If we don't see real changes in the world, it simply means we are not serious enough about creating those changes. We cannot a!ord to entertain superficial changes any more. The changes we need should be deep, real, and thorough."
"Many people, through diverse spiritual practices and disciplines have sought enlightenment. Various phenomena, some of them potentially quite captivating, may occur along the path of spiritual development whether it leads to true enlightenment or not. They can be helpful if used wisely, but are neighed the sign of enlightenment nor the requirements for enlightenment. These can includes extrasensory perception (sometimes called ESP), remote viewing, or "miraculous" healing. However, the essence of enlightenment, above and beyond all phenomena, is a big understanding, which gives you a deep and wide perspective to see the world as a whole, and a capacity to accept with compassion all that is."
"Let us give future generations the gift of Earth citizenship by first giving it to ourselves."
"Be aware of your breathing and breathe naturally. This will lead you into unity with the great flow of Life, your true nature."
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