“Politics need to bring people hope. We need more dreams and more stories that touch people.”

— Lai Pin-yu

Lai Pin-yu (2020) cited in " 'We need more dreams': Taiwan's 'Squad' rallies youth ahead of election https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/10/taiwan-election-squad-youth-china-tsai-ing-wen" on The Guardian, 10 January 2020.

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