Words matter. These are the best Liu Xiaobo Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I have no enemies and no hatred. None of the police who monitored, arrested, and interrogated me, none of the prosecutors who indicted me, and none of the judges who judged me are my enemies.
My dear, with your love I can calmly face my impending trial, having no regrets about the choices I’ve made and optimistically awaiting tomorrow.
In China the underworld and officialdom have interpenetrated and become one. Criminal elements have become officialized as officials have become criminalized.
I always think that reforms and turning China into a free country is a long and tortuous process. Despite this, in a totalitarian state, the fight for freedom comes from the accumulative efforts of the people; without such efforts, very little will happen.
I have viewed the West as if it were not only the salvation of China but also the natural and ultimate destination of all humanity.
The major wars that the U.S. became involved in are all ethically defensible.
The Internet is truly God’s gift to the Chinese people.
The free world led by the U.S. fought almost all regimes that trampled on human rights.
Appreciation has become my destiny in life. Perhaps it’s the instinct of a polar bear enjoying hibernation in the vast snows.
I hope that I will be the last victim in China’s long record of treating words as crimes.
I have been obsequious toward Western civilization, exaggerating its merits and, at the same time, exaggerating my own merits.
China, as a major nation of the world, as one of five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and as a member of the U.N. Council on Human Rights, should be contributing to peace for humankind and progress toward human rights.
In my view, Reform and Opening Up began with the abandonment of the ‘using class struggle as guiding principle’ government policy of the Mao era and, in its place, a commitment to economic development and social harmony.
If there has been any progress in the Chinese society and politics over the last 20 years, it is all because the citizens have been pushing for change.
If you want to enter hell, don’t complain of the dark; you can’t blame the world for being unfair if you start on the path of the rebel.
My praise is perhaps an unforgivable poison.
In order to exercise the right to freedom of speech conferred by the Constitution, one should fulfill the social responsibility of a Chinese citizen.
For those of us in the opposition movement under dictatorships, part of our job is confronting police and spending time in prison. So, a dissident not only needs to learn how to oppose oppression but also how to face the crackdowns and time in prison.
Love as intense as ice, love as remote as blackness.
