The boldness of Mr. Lee's criticism came from what his friends call his "tough-mindedness." The substantiveness came from his years of research into the agricultural development of Taiwan.
李總統能勇於批評，在於他素為老朋友所知的「硬氣」；他的報告能言之有物，則在於他曾潛心研究過台灣的農業發展過程。