Political Quotes

“I have introduced a resolution calling for a modified policy on the part of our Government toward the Government of Taiwan. Recently, The New Republic had an article by James Mann, a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, commenting on the administration's policy toward Taiwan. It seems to me, the James Mann article makes eminent good sense. The irony in the present situation is that we recognize the People's Republic of China--I favored that long before we did it--but we fail to recognize the Government of Taipei, called by them the Republic of China, a government that is clearly giant strides ahead of the People's Republic of China in terms of its human rights policies. This policy does not make sense economically because of the economic power that Taiwan has, and it does not make sense politically because it knuckles under to pressures from the People's Republic of China. They need to see strength on our part in policy, and our present policy shows weakness. Before the shift in policy, which took place under the Carter administration, I favored a two-China recognition policy. I still believe that makes sense.”