“In my remaining term of around two years, I shall improve the economy in full force!”
Chen Shui-bian (1950) Taiwanese politician
During the meeting with his supporters from Hwalien, April 8, 2006
Pet Phrases, 2006
During his campaign for re-election, April 12, 2003
Pet Phrases, 2003
“In my remaining term of around two years, I shall improve the economy in full force!”
Chen Shui-bian (1950) Taiwanese politician
During the meeting with his supporters from Hwalien, April 8, 2006
Pet Phrases, 2006
Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924) Russian politician, led the October Revolution
Source: Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism: Full Text of 1916 Edition
“Every member in my government team is improving the economy of Taiwan.”
Chen Shui-bian (1950) Taiwanese politician
November 19, 2004
Pet Phrases, 2004
Gary Hamel (1954) American management expert
Gary Hamel in: Gary Hamel On Innovating Innovation http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2012/12/04/gary-hamel-on-innovating-innovation/, Forbes, 4 December 2012.
“Now my daughter's wedding is finished, I shall improve the economy in Taiwan.”
Chen Shui-bian (1950) Taiwanese politician
During his daughter's wedding banquet, September 27, 2001
Pet Phrases, 2001
“After my son get married, finally I can focus on improving the economy of Taiwan”
Chen Shui-bian (1950) Taiwanese politician
During the engagement party of his son, June 11, 2005
Pet Phrases, 2005
Rudolf Carnap (1891–1970) German philosopher
Source: Meaning And Necessity (1947), p. 7-8 as cited in: Erich Reck (2011) " Carnapian Explication: A Case Study and Critique http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~reck/Reck-C'ian%20Explic.%20(3rd.%20rev.).pdf"
Charles Wheelan (1966) American politician
Introduction to Public Policy (2011), Ch. 8 : The Role of Government
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
acting alone, acting in groups, acting in the United Nations, for plague and pestilence, and plunder and pollution, the hazards of nature, and the hunger of children are the foes of every nation. The earth, the sea, and the air are the concern of every nation. And science, technology, and education can be the ally of every nation. Never before has man had such capacity to control his own environment, to end thirst and hunger, to conquer poverty and disease, to banish illiteracy and massive human misery. We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world — or to make it the last.
1963, UN speech
“The never-ending task of self improvement.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet