I think everybody deserves freedom. Freedom is such an abstract word, but it's all we need.
Ai WeiweiThe deadly weapon against totalitarian society is openness - doing everything very openly on the Internet, letting people know every detail, any little development. Once it is out there, everybody can make their own judgement. [Therefore] holding a trial outside the court. I think that is fairness, that is justice, that is a civil society. Otherwise call it an evil society because everything is hidden.
Ai WeiweiThrough my work and ways of expression, I strive to engage in dialogue with the society that I am living in.
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