Ai Weiwei Quotes About Democracy

Quotes about: Democracy

• We see the tendency in the world to criticise democracy and sometimes even to say that authoritarian countries like China are more efficient. That is very short-sighted. China looks efficient only because it can sacrifice most people's rights. This is not something the west should be happy about.

  Ai Weiwei

  Country, Sacrifice, Rights

  "David Cameron, as you visit China please listen to us" by Ai Weiwei, www.theguardian.com. November 7, 2010.

• Any individual can contribute its own belief. And our society or even our government are made by the people. The people would have the final voice, but it requires each individual to act. If we don't act, then the result is very clear. So for too long Americans take liberty as granted. We think we are in the safe hand, the democracy and the liberty, which is not true. And it can be even getting much worse than today.

  Ai Weiwei

  Thinking, Long, People

  Source: www.politico.com

• No matter what happens, nothing can prevent the historical process by which society demands freedom and democracy.

  Ai Weiwei

  Historical, Democracy, Demand

  "Where is Ai Weiwei?" by Adrian Searle, www.theguardian.com. May 9, 2011.

• Democracy, material wealth, and universal education are the soil upon which modernism exists.

  Ai Weiwei

  Democracy, Soil, Wealth

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