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

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.

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.

I never lose in any argument, because I always make sure that my opponent wins.

You look at the history of any sentient species and what do you find but tableaux of violence and slaughter. It’s finger-painted on the ceilings of caves and engraved into the walls of temples.

Good luck is a lazy man's estimate of a worker's success.

I've got three daughters and I'm going to stand up for them and support them in whatever they want to do.

trouble always seems heavier when it is only one's thought and not one's bodily activity that is employed about it.

Where was Paris Hilton a year ago? She's a fabulous character to write about.

We continue to love in spite of the pain, tears & heartbreak. Perhaps the pain makes us stronger, the tear makes us braver & the heartbreak makes us wiser.

The dollars aren't so important... once you have them.

This is the golden age of grotesque.

I told my cellmates about the oppression of the whites and apartheid. I helped organize hunger strikes and the like in my prison.