Quotes from Joshua Wong

If a mass movement turns into worshipping a particular person, that's a great problem.

It may take a generation to achieve democracy. But our generation must accomplish this and not pass the buck to the next.

As the remaining voices for civil disobedience are suppressed, the political spectrum narrows even further.

The fight for democracy is a long-term battle.

Being famous is part of my job.

I think even pro-China legislators would not believe I'm really a CIA agent.

People may recognize me as some sort of superhero, but it's different. Spider-Man and all these other superheroes, they get superpowers and do what they want to save the city. If we need to save Hong Kong, we can't rely on superpowers, we can just rely on the people.

Will Beijing really send out the army to suppress our protests? Never say never.

Hong Kong people stand in the front line to confront authoritarian suppression.

I hope that even if I go to jail, it will motivate more and more Hongkongers to commit to determine our future, instead of fully relying on those ruling class who have dominated our future.

I have been fighting for democracy since I was 15 when I organised a strike to oppose the Hong Kong government's plan to introduce the Chinese patriotic school education; 100,000 people surrounded a government building with students asking for democracy for every citizen.

We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse of human rights, political censorship and mass incarceration. We stand with all the free peoples of the world and hope you stand with us in our quest for justice and freedom.

We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse of human rights, political censorship and mass incarceration.

From horrific incidents of police brutality and complicity in indiscriminate attacks by triads on citizens to arbitrary mass arrests and the banning of demonstrations, the government has employed nearly every weapon in its war chest to intimidate Hong Kongers into silence and to suppress their popular struggle for democracy and freedom.

My phone and email have been hacked, I've been arrested by the police and followed by the pro-China people or the photographers from the pro-China newspapers.

I'm convinced democracy will grow from the ground up, from the community.

Hong Kong was promised democracy under the framework known as 'one country, two systems,' and China is ignoring this promise. The international community should be more attuned to this. It matters.

Truth be told, relying on 'one country, two systems' to preserve our values is a lost cause.

Even if the CCP is willing to stick with 'one country, two systems' in principle, no one can say for certain whether Hong Kong's freedoms of speech and the press would survive in reality.

We recognize Taiwan as the beacon of Asian democracy.

We are not seeking revolution. We just want democracy.

No one wants to be sent to prison, including me.

I have the responsibility to tell everybody that I am not the only political prisoner in Hong Kong and that there will be more coming.

When I was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, I felt that this should go to all of the Hong Kong people who fight for democracy.