Joshua Wong

“I'm truly convinced that by living up to the values we stand for, we can serve as a moral inspiration for others, just as we've been morally inspired by those who came before us.”

“In 2014, we were opposing President Xi Jinping. Five years later, we are opposing Emperor Xi Jinping.”

“We will continue our protest with our course on free elections.”

“Truth be told, relying on 'one country, two systems' to preserve our values is a lost cause.”

“Carrie Lam is not the leader elected by people of Hong Kong.”

“I have the responsibility to tell everybody that I am not the only political prisoner in Hong Kong and that there will be more coming.”

“Many issues are closely related to politics and I think Hong Kongers should pay more attention to politics.”

“I have been fighting for democracy since I was 15 when I organised a strike to oppose the Hong Kong government's plan to introduce the Chinese patriotic school education; 100,000 people surrounded a government building with students asking for democracy for every citizen.”

“We want Hongkongers to decide the future of Hong Kong.”

“We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse of human rights, political censorship and mass incarceration.”

“The anti-extradition movement is larger and much more organised than the Umbrella Movement in 2014.”

“If I don't commit to fighting for the future, 20 years later, 30 years later, after the end of the expiration date of the joint declaration, Hong Kong will be more at risk and in greater danger.”

“I hope those who previously only thought of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee regarding Hong Kong would now realise that the city is also a place fighting for democracy.”

“Being an activist is not easy.”

“I believe elitism in politics is over, and a new path to achieving democracy should be charted by young people who have the most at stake in the future of our city.”

“China is dead set on making Hong Kong more like it.”

“In a world where ideas and ideals flow freely, we want what everybody else in an advanced society seems to have: a say in our future.”

“What I hope is that politics shouldn't be dominated by the pro-Chinese elite; it should be related to everyone's daily life.”

“Teachers have always said my only strength is talking and that I talk very fast.”

“We do not want to see a Hong Kong that enjoys freedoms on paper, but whose autonomous status conceals the workings of a totalitarian state beneath.”