Author: Liu Xiaobo

Quotes

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

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

- Liu Xiaobo

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

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

- Liu Xiaobo

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.

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.

- Liu Xiaobo

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

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

- Liu Xiaobo

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

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

- Liu Xiaobo

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

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

- Liu Xiaobo

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

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

- Liu Xiaobo

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.

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.

- Liu Xiaobo

Appreciation has become my destiny in life. Perhaps it's the instinct of a polar bear enjoying hibernation in the vast snows.

Appreciation has become my destiny in life. Perhaps it's the instinct of a polar bear enjoying hibernation in the vast snows.

- Liu Xiaobo

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