I think the quote reflects the American Ideal, because it reflects how the Americans fought for their independence because they wanted freedom; they wanted to build their own society, instead of being a colony controlled by the British monarchy. The United States is a free country, you can pretty much say anything you want to say, and this fact is reflected in the Ralph Waldo Emerson’s quote, “we will speak with our own minds”. The United States citizens have the right to say and do what they want, no one can force them do believe in what they don’t want to believe, like religions. This quote has a big meaning to Taiwanese people, because we are currently trying to get rid of China’s “control” over us, China thinks Taiwan belongs to them, but we think we are an independent country. Many people have strong feelings towards this issue, and I personally think China should think about the reason of why we don’t want to belong to them. The wrath of China has affected many of our global reputation. We weren’t allowed to go as “Taiwan” in the Olympics; we were only allowed to go as “Chinese Taipei”. We wanted to join the United Nations, but because of China, we were unable to join. I think the quote of Ralph Waldo Emerson speaks to many of the Taiwanese hearts, it reflected our struggle towards independence.
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