Now the entire world has its eyes on China.

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.

Evelyn was an insomniac so when they say she died in her sleep, you have to question that.

You know the old adage: give a woman a bag and she'll fill it for a day. Teach a woman to pack and she'll fill every damn bag she owns (or something of that ilk).

Because you're not what I would have you be, I blind myself to who, in truth, you are.

Our government treats the LGBT community like second-class citizens.

If President Bush does a lousy job, then he'll lose power. If the guy at McDonalds who's selling burgers does a great job, then he'll be much more powerful than President Bush.

I'm totally down with insurrection in the street. I've had a great time with that over the years. Insurrection in the voting booth is the other part of the equation.

I believe in the importance of individuality, but in the midst of grief I also find myself wanting connection - wanting to be reminded that the sadness I feel is not just mine but ours.

I think the rich are too rich and the poor are too poor. I don't think the black people are going to rise at all; I think most of them are going to die.

I have all the equipment to be a politician. Total shamelessness.

A man lives by believing something: not by debating and arguing about many things.