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.

Dictators are actually very fearful themselves. Even when they're asleep, they're afraid that others will take their powers away.

I feel it's in people's nature to want to stop evil and embrace the good.

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

No matter what happens, I feel very good about the future.

I'm just doing what my conscience asks me to do.

China is on a march toward rule of law and democracy.