Quotes from Liu Xiaobo

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

There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom, and China will, in the end, become a nation ruled by law, where human rights reign supreme.

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

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.

I have been obsequious toward Western civilization, exaggerating its merits and, at the same time, exaggerating my own merits.

My praise is perhaps an unforgivable poison.

Life is priceless even to an ant.

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 searing desire to atone for having survived helps me resist the temptations to join the world of lies.

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.

Hatred is corrosive of a person's wisdom and conscience; the mentality of enmity can poison a nation's spirit, instigate brutal life and death struggles, destroy a society's tolerance and humanity, and block a nation's progress to freedom and democracy.

Our political system continues to produce human rights disasters and social crises, thereby not only constricting China's own development but also limiting the progress of all of human civilization.

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.

It took Hong Kong 100 years to become what it is.

Love as intense as ice, love as remote as blackness.

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.

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

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.

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.

In the course of my life, for more than half a century, June 1989 was the major turning point. Up to that point, I was a member of the first class to enter university when college entrance examinations were reinstated following the Cultural Revolution (Class of '77).

I do my best to make every word from my pen a cry from the heart for the souls of the dead.

Ultimately, change will happen when problems persist and enough people are concerned.

In order to exercise the right to freedom of speech conferred by the Constitution, one should fulfill the social responsibility of a Chinese citizen.