"We're already strong enough!"
"The entire world understands that, and we don't need to keep spending our energy and wealth maintaining our influence abroad!"
"Ladies and gentlemen, a lion is a lion. No one will think it isn't a lion just because it hasn't bitten other animals to death!"
"And that is the point I want to make!"
"We keep doubling the amount we spend on international affairs, yet it brings us no greater benefits."
"So we should consider changing our strategy instead of continuing to pour money into it."
"The Federal Government has officially joined forty-three international organizations, and holds important positions in them."
"At the same time, however, we also bear a significant share of those organizations' expenses!"
"If all those organizations were like the 'World Development Committee,' I wouldn't have many complaints. But let's see what else is on this list!"
"Endangered Species Protection Agency..."
"Universal Time Organization..."
"The funniest damn thing is that the Federal Government even joined the 'International Coffee Standards Organization,' whose job is to tell people about different types and standards of coffee!"
"And yet we have to shoulder an additional expense of approximately 370 million Federal Sol every year because of them, not counting some of the items I haven't listed."
"Ladies and gentlemen, whether we participate in these organizations or not, it won't substantially change our international standing."
"But if we redirect that funding and manpower toward developing our domestic affairs, it could at least provide tens of thousands of people with decent jobs!"
"We are Federal citizens first, and human beings second. Some may think my view is too selfish, but I believe this is what an official of the Federal Government ought to do!"
The Conservative Party Candidate's argument won considerable support, and there were also many Conservative Party