Chen Guangcheng Quotes

#1. I chose to defend human rights because I cannot maintain my silence in the face of injustice.

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#2. I am not a hero.

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#3. My safety and my family's safety are not guaranteed even now.

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#4. I've come out of a small jail and entered a bigger one.

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#5. I'm just doing what my conscience asks me to do.

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#6. China is on a march toward rule of law and democracy.

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#7. No matter what happens, I feel very good about the future.

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#8. My fervent hope is that it would be possible for me and my family to leave for the U.S. on Hillary Clinton's plane,

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#9. I am not in exile.

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#10. I cannot be silent when facing these evils against women and children.

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#11. The Chinese foreign ministry has said more than once that I am a free person. Did I do anything wrong by leaving my home?

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#12. I feel it's in people's nature to want to stop evil and embrace the good.

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#13. Dictators are actually very fearful themselves. Even when they're asleep, they're afraid that others will take their powers away.

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#14. I can be jailed again at any time, it is very easy. They can say I am a criminal and just lock me up.

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#15. How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.

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#16. I want to extend my gratitude and thankfulness to all those who care and love my family and myself, and our situation, especially the American people who show their care about the quality of justice as a universal value and I'm very grateful to all of you.

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