I do my best to make every word from my pen a cry from the heart for the souls of the dead. Liu Xiaobo More Quotes by Liu Xiaobo More Quotes From Liu Xiaobo For those of us in the opposition movement under dictatorships, part of our job is confronting police and spending time in prison. So, a dissident not only needs to learn how to oppose oppression but also how to face the crackdowns and time in prison. Liu Xiaobo face spending-time police time 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. Liu Xiaobo fight freedom long people 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. Liu Xiaobo face tomorrow choices love Appreciation has become my destiny in life. Perhaps it's the instinct of a polar bear enjoying hibernation in the vast snows. Liu Xiaobo become destiny appreciation life My praise is perhaps an unforgivable poison. Liu Xiaobo perhaps poison praise 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. Liu Xiaobo own progress political development If you want to enter hell, don't complain of the dark; you can't blame the world for being unfair if you start on the path of the rebel. Liu Xiaobo you path dark world 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 nation end freedom law It took Hong Kong 100 years to become what it is. Liu Xiaobo 100-years become hong-kong years Love as intense as ice, love as remote as blackness. Liu Xiaobo blackness intense ice love 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 progress society politics change Ultimately, change will happen when problems persist and enough people are concerned. Liu Xiaobo problems will change people China, as a major nation of the world, as one of five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and as a member of the U.N. Council on Human Rights, should be contributing to peace for humankind and progress toward human rights. Liu Xiaobo nation progress peace world I have been obsequious toward Western civilization, exaggerating its merits and, at the same time, exaggerating my own merits. Liu Xiaobo own my-own time civilization 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 constitution freedom responsibility 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. Liu Xiaobo enemies me police hatred
