Reflecting upon the lifting of martial law, President Chen noted that martial law had been imposed for 38 years and has been lifted for only 20: No matter how you slice it, Taiwan's democracy is young.
面對解嚴，陳總統表示，台灣戒嚴 38 年，解嚴才 20 年，從各方面看來，都還是一個非常年輕的民主國家。