“This (KMT) party can forsake me, but I will not abandon this party.”

—  Hung Hsiu-chu

Hung Hsiu-chu (2015) cited in " Hung ouster settled, Chu begins bid http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2015/10/18/448625/Hung-ouster.htm" on The China Post, 18 October 2015

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