“The head of a campaign office is just a title.”

—  Hou You-yi

Hou You-yi (2019) cited in " New Taipei City not to hold Double Ten flag ceremony http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/10/09/2003723650" on Taipei Times, 9 October 2019.

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