Quotes from Chen Guangcheng

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

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

I cannot be silent when facing these evils against women and children.

I am not a hero.

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

I've come out of a small jail and entered a bigger one.

How a society treats its disabled is the true measure of a civilization.

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

The Chinese foreign ministry has said more than once that I am a free person. Did I do anything wrong by leaving my home?

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.

I am not in exile.

I can be jailed again at any time, it is very easy. They can say I am a criminal and just lock me up.

My fervent hope is that it would be possible for me and my family to leave for the U.S. on Hillary Clinton's plane.

My safety and my family's safety are not guaranteed even now.