Morgan Ortagus Quotes

The Five Eyes nations have a duty to support Hong Kong and its status as guaranteed by the 1984 agreement.

Beyond the barricades we long to see a Hong Kong free from tyranny and a puppet government.

We will continue civil disobedience to fight for democracy and for human rights in Hong Kong.

I think Hong Kong people's struggle for democracy is similar to David versus Goliath. But this struggle is not just about me.

What our men and women in uniform are doing is providing for the Iraqi people and other surrounding nations the opportunity to see, to taste and to experience the democracy that equals freedom and ultimately justice.

Today the Turkish nation is called on to defend its capacity for civilization, its right to life and independence – its entire future.

Sovereignty is not the birthright of a ruler. Every man, woman and child will shout 'Quit Kashmir'. The Kashmiri nation has expressed its will. I ask for a plebiscite on this question.

Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is the history of resistance.

We completely uphold the right of freedom of assembly. But there is always that important balance between security and freedom of expression in countries undergoing circumstances like ours.

America, thankfully, is not an easy nation to commandeer.

The only situation that I can't be in favour of is the lack of respect to human rights in Venezuela.

Hong Kong people stand in the front line to confront authoritarian suppression.

Hong Kongers deserve universal suffrage.

I'm optimistic Hong Kong will achieve universal suffrage - no matter the attitude of Beijing.

We shall continue our fight for democracy and freedom because we do not accept that Hong Kong will be transformed into a police state.

Hong Kong was promised democracy under the framework known as 'one country, two systems,' and China is ignoring this promise. The international community should be more attuned to this. It matters.

The path for the democratic development of Hong Kong since the return to the motherland has been full of twists and turns. We have had some successes and some failures.

Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand have stood together in the long struggle for freedom for decades. We have a responsibility to the people of Hong Kong to support them as they struggle to maintain the freedom that was guaranteed to them by Beijing in 1984.

We can't impose freedom, but we can eliminate roadblocks to freedom, and to allow free societies to develop.

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.

Pakistan is a free country, so according to me, in a free country, it's every right of the citizen to live the way they wish.

Whoever you are, this is America. You can believe or do whatever you want.

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.

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.

My generation, the so-called post-'90s generation that came of age after the territory was returned to China, would have the most to lose if Hong Kong were to become like just another mainland Chinese city, where information is not freely shared and the rule of law is ignored.