Any Quote by Rebecca MacKinnon

The human rights record within China seems to rise and fall over time, but it's very clear that in the run up to the…

— Gary Locke

If the Olympics fail, human rights will suffer. The government would stop paying any attention to the rest of the world. I personally think:…

— Liu Xiaobo

China is at a different stage of development, human rights are violated here much more often. And still, we see improvements even here.

— Ai Weiwei

There are significant human rights abuses in China. In some areas, the situation is worse today than in the past. In other areas, there…

— Max Baucus

Big moments like the Olympics tend to freeze things in place. It's just very hard to break through the news cycle with peoples's eyes…

— Christopher Michael Cillizza

Every Olympics, they make a big deal out of something - security... traffic... pollution... something - and it really doesn't come true. For me,…

— Jim Boeheim

I think that everyone has an equal right to play and I think we've been supportive of that. With the Olympics and the controversy…

— Sidney Crosby

China after Olympics will progress very slowly. But the demands for freedom - on the part of ordinary people but also party members -…

— Liu Xiaobo

Many more people in the world are concerned about sports than human rights.

— Samuel P. Huntington

The Olympics have been with the world since 776 B.C., and have only been interrupted by war, especially in the modern era.

— Bill Toomey

The Beijing Olympics were an exercise in Chinese soft power. Americans have the 'Voice of America' and the Fulbright scholarships. But, the fact is,…

— Shashi Tharoor

Since the global economic crisis began, the change in global attitudes is clear to see - and I think it is pitiful. Barack Obama…

— Ai Weiwei