Asked if martial law can also influence the development of democracy, Chao said that in fact, martial law is a product of democracy, since a despotic government would not need it. He said the government cannot lift martial law because the Peiping regime has never ceased conspiring to take over the Republic of China.
我們現在是憲政政府，不但要繼續發揚憲政的光輝，同時要把這部中華民國憲法帶回大陸。談到戒嚴是否影響民主政治的發展時，趙守博指出，戒嚴法的制度是民主政治的產物，專制國家一意孤行，根本就不需要戒嚴法。