"The major wars that the U.S. became involved in are all ethically defensible."

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Source : "Fact-Checking Liu Xiaobo Critics" by Emily Loftis and Jean Lee, www.motherjones.com. December 22, 2010.

Liu Xiaobo

“We are all citizens of one world, we are all of one blood. To hate people because they were born in another country, because they speak a different language, or because they take a different view on this subject or that, is a great folly. Desist, I implore you, for we are all equally human. . . . Let us have but one end in view: the welfare of humanity.”
“Confronted with the impossibility of remaining faithful to one's beliefs, and the equal impossibility of becoming free of them, one can be driven to the most inhuman excesses.”
“I don't think the possibility for beauty can be foreclosed, because beauty can take so many forms. There is beauty that arises from the unexpected, when our familiar perspectives are thrown off balance. There is also the beauty that paradoxically comes out of the tragic, that emerges because we are reminded of what is no longer there, that becomes powerful because of what is absent.”
“And the Lord said: I burn down your cities - how blind you must be. I take from you your children, and you say how blessed are we. You all must be crazy to put your faith in me. That's why I love mankind.”
“Problems form an important part of our lives. They are placed in our path for us to overcome them, not to be overcome by them. We must master them, not let them master us. Every time we overcome a challenge, we grow in experience, in self assuredness, and in faith.”
“Abortion can never be safe. Any procedure where "success" means the killing of another human being can certainly not be safe.”
“With a Trump administration we don't know enough yet to make predictions, but if past behavior is any indication, I am not encouraged.”

Source : Source: www.democracynow.org
“If you have to do it every day, for God's sake learn to do it well.”

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