"Twenty years ago," he recalls, "The regime opponents who were organized around Formosa magazine were considered a subversive group, enemies of the state. Now the Formosa movement is widely recognized as a milestone in Taiwan's democratization." Shih considers himself "very lucky to have survived to see my dreams become reality."
「二十年前，美麗島是叛亂團體、人民公敵；二十年後，美麗島卻是全民公認的台灣民主的里程碑」，自認「很幸運，能夠活著看到夢想逐步實現」的施明德回顧。