#dom

China has not established the rule of law and if there is a power above the law there is no social justice. Everybody can be subjected to harm. I'm just a citizen: my life is equal in value to any other. But I'm thankful that when I lost my freedom so many people shared feelings and put such touching effort into helping me. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#any #china #citizen #effort #equal

The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#competition #conceive #courage #designed #embody

The Chinese art world does not exist. In a society that restricts individual freedoms and violates human rights, anything that calls itself creative or independent is a pretence. It is impossible for a totalitarian society to create anything with passion and imagination. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#art #art world #calls #chinese #create

I extend that to the abortion issue, I extend that to the so-called gay rights issue, I think this is a freedom principle and consistent with the analysis in the economic area as well. ↗

— William Weld

#analysis #area #consistent #economic #extend

Much is forgiven anyone who relieves the desperate boredom of the working press. ↗

— William Weld

#boredom #desperate #forgiven #much #press

As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out. ↗

— Allen West

#afghan #army #both #carrying #challenge

Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign. ↗

— Mae West

#foreign #i #like #men #personally

Television is now the dominant factor in the lives of too many American children. ↗

— Paul Weyrich

#american children #children #dominant #factor #lives

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. ↗

— Edith Wharton

#counselor #does #experience #life #moral

Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death. ↗