Chen Guangcheng famous quotes

03-24-2025

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

#Rights #Silence #Faces
How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.
-- Chen Guangcheng

#Civilization #Treats
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
No matter what happens, I feel very good about the future.
-- Chen Guangcheng

#Matter #Very Good #Feels
My safety and my family's safety are not guaranteed even now.
-- Chen Guangcheng

#Safety #My Family
I've come out of a small jail and entered a bigger one.
-- Chen Guangcheng

#Jail #Bigger
I'm just doing what my conscience asks me to do.
-- Chen Guangcheng

#Ask Me #Conscience
I feel it's in people's nature to want to stop evil and embrace the good.
-- Chen Guangcheng

#People #Evil #Want
I cannot be silent when facing these evils against women and children.
-- Chen Guangcheng

#Children #Evil #Silent
China is on a march toward rule of law and democracy.
-- Chen Guangcheng

#Law #Democracy #March
My fervent hope is that it would be possible for me and my family to leave for the U.S. on Hillary Clintonâ€™s plane,
-- Chen Guangcheng

#Would Be #My Family #Clinton
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 #People

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