Quotation of the day

The people are the ones who pay you, so you should keep quiet if the people so desire. (A donga.com netizen on Sunday calling on executives and employees of state-invested corporations to be responsive to the will of the people in the course of restructuring public corporations.)

Paying taxes is the duty of the people, while collecting them fairly and equally is the duty of the state. (A visitor to the Chong Wa Dae homepage on Sunday calling for exact verification of tax payments by wealthy people.)

Using the prosecution and the Financial Supervisory Service of today as the right and left arm of reform and anti-corruption efforts is bound to fail. (Grand National Party spokesman Kwon Chul-Hyeon on Sunday commenting on the challenges facing the political community.)

The inmates will be allowed to watch videos in order to give them something to divert themselves as well as do some soul searching and repent for their sins. (A Chongju police station officer on Sunday speaking on a plan to show ¡°wholesome and instructional¡± videotapes to those in temporary police custody.)