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is

stand up for what was right and what they believed in, there

point beyond which I do not believe that we should

willingly go, even in pursuit of a goal to which we

genuinely aspire.

181.

Is what Hong Kong stands for a throw back to the

past Or ન wave of the future? will the world be happier

or less happy and less prosperous as

and more prosperous,

more

of

it shares our values and copies our success? We

know the answers to those questions.

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One country, two

systems". That is what I wish

to

my

responsibility.

see. I must and will stand up for our system. That is

But, in the final analysis, the

Government can only defend that system, that way of life,

with the community's support.

And I say this to all of you.

If we are not prepared to stand up for Hong Kong's way of

life today, what chance of doing so tomorrow?

193.

not

ત

I say that we can only be as bold as you. That is

surrender of leadership. It is a statement of fact.

184.

in the heart.

We cannot be bolder than you because liberty stands

When it shrivels there, nothing can save it.

185.

And there is another reason, too.

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