Once, when asked how reform of the Judicial Yuan should be gone about, he replied: "I don't understand much about what is past, but I take full responsibility for what happens in the future."
「那時還未正式上任，怎敢輕易發言；但深入一想，都不發言又恐怕大眾認為，總統提名林洋港是很大的錯誤﹘ ﹘好像我對司法問題一竅不通，只好壯著膽子向大家報告了。」