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Quotations of the day

Posted November. 30, 2000 19:31,   

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Mechanisms from a dictatorial era must not prevail over the democratic mechanisms of the 21st century. (Rep. Kim Keun-Tae of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party's supreme council on Thursday during an address to a meeting of the Society for the Study of Citizen¡¯s Politics, pointing out the precedence of factionalism and conflicting partisan interests over the general will of the people that lurks behind the facade of electoral democracy.)

That restroom is more expensive than an apartment for low-income earners. (A housewife in Chonju City, South Cholla Province, on Thursday, commenting on a restroom built by Chonju City at Ajung Playground at a total cost of 82,220,000 won, or 6,150,000 won per pyong of its floor space)

You can visit a casino in Southeast Asia that boasts much better service spending as much time as you do to come here by car. (An employee of Chongson Casino in Kangwon Province Thursday, quoting public relations and marketing personnel from some Southeast Asian casinos that are bent on luring away local customers.)

I fear the strong "bomb" concoctions of beer and whiskey might damage your morale. (The Presidential Commission on Women's Affairs Chairperson Paik Kyung-Nam Thursday in a letter sent to public servants telling them to refrain from drinking too much hard liquor at frequent yearend parties.)