China after Olympics will progress very slowly. But the demands for freedom - on the part of ordinary … - Liu Xiaobo

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When we think about our strengths, we are strong. When we think about our weaknesses, we are weak.

Liu Xiaobo

China after Olympics will progress very slowly. But the demands for freedom - on the part of ordinary people but also party members - won't be as easy to contain.

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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.

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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.

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Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth.

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

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I have no enemies and no hatred

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