Liu Xiaobo Quotes

Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth.

Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth.

I hope that I will be the last victim in China's long record of treating words as crimes.

I have no enemies and no hatred.

Life is priceless even to an ant.

My tendency to idealize Western civilization arises from my nationalistic desire to use the West in order to reform China. But this has led me to overlook the flaws of Western culture.

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 Internet is truly God's gift to the Chinese people.

I hope that I'm not the type of person who, standing at the doorway to hell, strikes a heroic pose and then starts frowning with indecision.

In China the underworld and officialdom have interpenetrated and become one. Criminal elements have become officialized as officials have become criminalized.

Now the entire world has its eyes on China.

The free world led by the U.S. fought almost all regimes that trampled on human rights.

For the party, the Beijing Games are the biggest political happening of 2008. Everything revolves around them. This will be a huge celebration for the President Hu Jintao and the Premier Wen Jiabao.

The major wars that the U.S. became involved in are all ethically defensible.

China after Olympics will progress very slowly. But the demands for freedom - on the part of ordinary people but also party members - won't be as easy to contain.