Liou Siao-po citáty

Liou Siao-po byl čínský literární kritik, lidskoprávní aktivista, filozof a disident, který v roce 2010 získal Nobelovu cenu míru . Obhajoval politické reformy a byl součástí kampaně k ukončení vlády jedné strany v Číně. Za své názory byl několikrát vězněn, např. v Ťin-čou. 26. června 2017 byl propuštěn ze zdravotních důvodů a zemřel 13. července 2017 na rakovinu jater. Wikipedia  

✵ 28. prosinec 1955 – 13. červenec 2017
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“I hope that I will be the last victim in China's long record of treating words as crimes.”

NPR http://www.npr.org/2012/02/16/146988012/liu-xiaobo-no-enemies-no-hatred-only-courage - "Liu Xiaobo: 'No Enemies, No Hatred,' Only Courage" 16 Feb. 2012
Kontext: I hope that I will be the last victim in China's long record of treating words as crimes. 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.

“Without freedom, China will always remain far from civilized ideals.”

Charter 08
No Enemies, No Hate: Selected Essays and Poems
Kontext: Freedom. Freedom is at the core of universal human values. Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, freedom in where to live, and the freedoms to strike, to demonstrate, and to protest, among others, are the forms that freedom takes. Without freedom, China will always remain far from civilized ideals.

“If most people cast their lot with the latter, then evil will prey forever upon humankind, as wolves and tigers prey upon lambs.”

"On Living with Dignity in China"
No Enemies, No Hate: Selected Essays and Poems
Kontext: Admittedly, righteousness is weak unless it is backed by power, but power devoid of righteousness is evil. If most people cast their lot with the latter, then evil will prey forever upon humankind, as wolves and tigers prey upon lambs.

“In its actual power today, the Chinese regime is still far behind the U. S., and there is no chance of its becoming a world hegemon any time soon.”

"Bellicose and Thuggish: The Roots of Chinese "Patriotism" at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century"
No Enemies, No Hate: Selected Essays and Poems

“Elegy to Lin Zhao, Lone Voice of Chinese Freedom”

2004
No Enemies, No Hate: Selected Essays and Poems

“Other than pleasure-seeking and consumerism, it seems that the only fruit of our social development is a cancerous overgrowth of "the rational economic man": maximize personal gain, and that's all.”

The Spiritual Landscape of the Urban Young in Post-Totalitarian China" (2004)
No Enemies, No Hate: Selected Essays and Poems

“My view as a Chinese is that Obama's elevation to the position of 44th president of the United States underscores teh greatness of the American system.”

"Obama's Election, The Republican Factor, and a Proposal for China" (2008)
No Enemies, No Hate: Selected Essays and Poems

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