Chen Guangcheng Quotes

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

  Chen Guangcheng

  Rights, Silence, Faces

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

  Chen Guangcheng

  Civilization, Treats, Disabled

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

  Chen Guangcheng

  Jail, Bigger

  "Rights groups: prominent Chinese activist and wife beaten" by Jo Ling Kent and Jaime Florcruz, www.cnn.com. February 11, 2011.

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

  Chen Guangcheng

  Dictator, Fearful

  "Where There's Oppression, There's Resistance: Chen Reflects on Future of China". "PBS NewsHour" with Ray Suarez, www.pbs.org. January 29, 2013.

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

  Chen Guangcheng

  People, Evil, Want

  "Chinese activist Chen gives first in-depth TV interview since escape" by Michael Martinez, www.cnn.com. May 25, 2012.

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

  Chen Guangcheng

  Matter, Very Good, Feels

  "Chen Guangcheng says he fears reprisals against his family" by Tania Branigan, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2012.

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

  Chen Guangcheng

  Children, Evil, Silent

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

  Chen Guangcheng

  Law, Democracy, March

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• 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.

  Chen Guangcheng

  Would Be, My Family, Clinton

  "Activist Chen Guangcheng: Let Me Leave China on Hillary Clinton’s Plane". Interview with Melinda Liu, www.thedailybeast.com. May 2, 2012.

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

  Chen Guangcheng

  Safety, My Family

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

  Chen Guangcheng

  Home, Leaving, Chinese

  "Chen Guangcheng says he fears reprisals against his family" by Tania Branigan, www.theguardian.com. May 24, 2012.

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• 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.

  Chen Guangcheng

  Gratitude, Grateful, Justice

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

  Chen Guangcheng

  Ask Me, Asks, Conscience

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