In China the underworld and officialdom have interpenetrated and become one. Criminal elements have become officialized as officials have become criminalized. — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
Ultimately, change will happen when problems persist and enough people are concerned. — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
“The ease with which money forgives bayonets and lies to justify the massacre with reasoned arguments” — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I always think that reforms and turning China into a free country is a long and tortuous process. Despite this, in a totalitarian state,… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
China, as a major nation of the world, as one of five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and as a member… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
I can't imagine here would be a Chinese Gorbachev. But the party will gradually open up. For instance, it has already set a time limit for political reforms in Hong Kong. And in four years time, there won't be a strongman to name the General Secretary at the party congress. That means that the various factions will have to develop… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share
My searing desire to atone for having survived helps me resist the temptations to join the world of lies. — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
I do my best to make every word from my pen a cry from the heart for the souls of the dead. — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
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… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
I have viewed the West as if it were not only the salvation of China but also the natural and ultimate destination of all… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
There is no force that can put an end to the human quest for freedom, and China will, in the end, become a nation… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
