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George Orwell
“The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns, as it were instinctively, to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.”
George Orwell, Essays

“The Communist party, under General Secretary Xi Jinping, has tried to label anyone who tries to oppose China’s crackdown as “separatists” or “terrorists,” designations punishable by life imprisonment or the death penalty, just as they did with pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong and peaceful Buddhist monks in Tibet.”
Nury Turkel, No Escape: The True Story of China's Genocide of the Uyghurs

Alexei Navalny
“A serious political leader cannot simply decide to turn his back on a huge number of his fellow citizens because he personally dislikes their views.”
Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir

Alexei Navalny
“We must do what they fear--tell the truth, spread the truth. This is the most power weapon against this regime of liars, thieves, and hypocrites. Everyone has this weapon. So make use of it.”
Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir

Tahir Hamut Izgil
“vast majority of the arrests were based on fabricated crimes. We all lived in fear, aware that we could be arrested at any time, on any pretext.”
Tahir Hamut Izgil, Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide

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