Joshua Wong Quotes

If Hong Kong could exercise democratic self-governance under the sovereignty of China, it would not be necessary for us to take this step on the path toward independence.

Self-determination means the political and economic status of Hong Kong should be freely determined by the Hong Kong people.

I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

The Malagasy people must have the liberty to choose their own future.

In the 1999 resolution regarding Taiwan's future passed by the Democratic Progressive Party, it is stated very clearly that any change to the status quo of Taiwan must be decided by the people of Taiwan through referenda.

We need to give the Iraqis a chance to build their own future. It should be in their hands. It must be in their hands. That is what democracy is all about. We can teach it, we can explain it, but they must want it enough to make it work for them.

You have spent many lives and much treasure to bring freedom to many lands that were reluctant to receive it. And here you have a people who won it by themselves and need only the help to preserve it.

No people must be forced under a sovereignty under which it does not wish to live.

The United States supports the idea that every people should have the right to make a free choice as to the kind of government they want.

All we want is to carry out the greatest expression of a free democracy and vote on Catalonia's future. This is not about independence: it is about fundamental civil rights and the universal right of self-determination.

We want Hongkongers to decide the future of Hong Kong.

A people that loves freedom will in the end be free.

It is far better to be free to govern or misgovern yourself than to be governed by anybody else

Henceforth, we shall be happy to be a free citizen in an independent country.

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.

Why should Scotland be stopped from suggesting to the English people that we join a new union under new terms? Let's not try to dominate one another. Let's be a collection, like being in the pub with a kitty. When we vote in Scotland, we vote one way, but the other country votes another way and we always end up with what they vote for.

There is no question that Taiwan is a state in any political science definition of a state.

Liberty means more to me than life itself.

I want to emphasize the fact that the independence of Kosovo should and will be recognized.

Taiwan is an independent sovereign country.

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

I don't have anybody telling me what to do.

The first need of a free people is to define their own terms.

Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China.

I don't want anything from Cuba. I want them to be free and enjoy the things I enjoy.