Liu Xiaobo Quotes

Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to insult human rights, to stifle human nature and to suppress truth.

Liu Xiaobo

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: critic
  • Nationality: chinese
  • Birth: December 28, 1955 - July 13, 2017

Topics

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A surprising amount of my jokes sound very implausible but are true.

Jimmy Carr

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I say Democrats should not be afraid to talk about the morality of life, of caring for children who are born. It seems the Republican obsession with being pro-life lasts about nine months. After that, it's each baby for herself.

Jennifer Granholm

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I think always, when you have a candidate promising free stuff, and another promising less stuff or nothing, the one who promises more is always going to have the advantage.

John Fleming

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A permanent division of labor inevitably creates occupational and class inequality and conflict.

Robert Shea

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A nutritionist is expensive, but it's money well spent.

Max Holloway

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You try to go where the great scripts are, if you can, or you go where the not great scripts are, because that's what's being offered to you.

Stephen Lang

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Everything I have, I owe to baseball and the Dodgers.

Tommy Lasorda

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There's no use beating yourself up about what you can't change.

Rose McIver

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I admire the fact that the central core of Buddhist teaching involves mindfulness and loving kindness and compassion.

Ron Reagan

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I think it would be wrong to consider 'Ashes and Fire' a love album. The record is obsessed with time. I believe that there is a kinder view of the self on this record.

Ryan Adams

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My hope is always to be able to find well-written, interesting material with good people and then actually be able to get those jobs.

Joshua Jackson

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In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.

Joseph Chamberlain

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