Quote by Ai Weiwei

If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I'm saying is common sense. It's very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.

If we all say the same thing, then I think the government ha

Summary

This quote highlights the importance of having a collective voice and unified message when addressing the government. It emphasizes the notion that if everyone expresses the same ideas and concerns, authorities are more likely to take notice. The speaker believes that despite their ideas representing common sense and essential values, they stand out because others are not willing to vocalize these beliefs. The quote also sheds light on the societal context in China, suggesting that there is a growing apathy towards protecting fundamental values in Chinese society.

Topics

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

I never want to try to be a spokesperson for health and well

I never want to try to be a spokesperson for health and wellness because I most definitely am not the most in shape person in the world.

I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have

I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad.

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For h

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.

Beyond the picket fences and the oil wells, the happy ending

Beyond the picket fences and the oil wells, the happy endings, and the fairy tales, is the reality of shattered lives and broken dreams. We carry on.

Inspirational Song Lyrics Carry On

God will forgive me that's his business.

God will forgive me that's his business.

I think I thought it would be important for electronics as w

I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers.

Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the

Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally and discredited within Syria.

Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bo

Family jokes, though rightly cursed by strangers, are the bond that keeps most families alive.

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper tha

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting rig

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

Caroline Kennedy

I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being

I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great.

Humor has been a fashioning instrument in America, cleaving

Humor has been a fashioning instrument in America, cleaving its way through the national life, holding tenaciously to the spread elements of that life. Its mode has often been swift and coarse and ruthless, beyond art and beyond established civilization. It has engaged in warfare against the established heritage, against the bonds of pioneer existence. Its objective --the unconscious objective of a disunited people --has seemed to be that of creating fresh bonds, a new unity, the semblance of a society and the rounded completion of an American type.

Constance Rourke