President Chen stated that the history of Taiwan is written with the blood and tears of her own people. Today they live under the threat of military aggression from mainland China, yet they continue to use love and confidence to overcome the wounds of the past, and to build a democracy that they can be proud of.
陳水扁表示，台灣人民過去以血淚書寫歷史，而今在二十一世紀之初仍受中國大陸的軍事行動威脅，但台灣人民總是以愛和信心來弭平過去的傷口，並創下足以驕傲的民主成就。