Quotation of the Day

How could only 13 persons dare to undertake collective resistance against the party leadership? If they attempted to do so, they would not do it like that.(Rep. Lee Jae-Jung of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) on September 16, saying that younger MDP lawmakers' candid exchange of views on parliamentary normalization has been misunderstood as an act of disobedience against the party).

If a golfer strikes a ball into the rough, the loss of one shot is enough, and if he tries to do better, he may lose two shots. (Rep. Chung Chang-Wha,floor leader of the opposition Grand National Party, on September 16, demanding that the ruling MDP first address the issue of appointing a special prosecutor and then resolve other problems).

The director general of the National Intelligence Service should prevent the distribution of leaflets and investigate the incident, but he comes to the front of inter-Korean negotiations. (Rep. Mok Yo-Sang of the GNP in connection with the recent distribution of leaflets denouncing GNP president Lee Hoi-Chang).

Because the ruling MDP was concerned solely with the North, the opposite direction of the typhoon, while the opposition GNP was staging anti-government rallies outside of the National Assembly, adding to the strength of the typhoon, the embankment of the Nakdong River collapsed and a huge amount of damage entailed.(Rep. Byun Woong-Jeon, former spokesman of the splinter United Liberal Democrats, on September 16, contending that all lawmakers should return to the Assembly in order to work out measures to address typhoon damage).