Hong Kong might be a small place, but its people make it unique. The iconic images of skyscrapers in this bustling metropolis are famous around the world, but it is the people of Hong Kong, standing up for their city on the streets, who make it truly great.

As the remaining voices for civil disobedience are suppressed, the political spectrum narrows even further.

We will continue civil disobedience to fight for democracy and for human rights in Hong Kong.

The police have the right to prosecute people, but not use violence.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

I think the answer to civil disorder in America, the answer to police problems in America, the answer to jail overcrowding and all the problems that we see is - the one answer is that government must go back to its people.

I had the privilege of practicing medicine in the early '60s, before we had any government. It worked rather well, and there was nobody on the street suffering with no medical care.

The two most important things that can be done to promote democracy in the world is first, to bring moral clarity back to world affairs and second, to link international policies to the advance of democracy around the globe.