Juan Guaido Quotes

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

The fight for democracy is a long-term battle.

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

We're quite lucky that we've got political freedoms. We should be using them.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

I don't think the only place to fight for freedom is in the halls of Congress.

If we ever get to the polls once, you will never get us home.

A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.

So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called a democracy.

There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners.

Secure to all people a free exercise of the right of suffrage and every other civil right.

I am a person who has never used violence himself. My present opinion is that people who have obtained the ballot should use it and solve their problems in that way. In the case of peoples who have not obtained the ballot, and who cannot control their states, I again find in my own mind a division of opinion, which is not logical, but purely a rough practical judgment. My own forefathers got their political freedom by violence; that is to say, they overthrew the British crown and made themselves a free Republic. Also by violence they put an end to the enslavement of the black race on this continent.

We have waited long enough to get the vote. We want it now!

Some of us gave a little blood for the right to participate in the democratic process.

You don't just end up with freedom when you have the vote. The struggle continues.

Hong Kong people do not keep silent and I urge people around the world to keep their eyes on Hong Kong and the passion with which people are fighting for basic rights. We never give up and we will not be silenced.

Some people say that given the government's firm stance against genuine universal suffrage, our demands are impossible to achieve. But I believe activism is about making the impossible possible.

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

I believe that during these times, we should not forget that many sacrificed to regain our democracy.

It was spine tingling, actually, when you saw how people kept saying, "Release Nelson Mandela," and meaning really, "Release all of our political prisoners."

Citizenship has been out of fashion for some decades in our country, but now it is back in fashion. Weekends are for fighting tyranny. And that's why it's going to be really fun to see Democracy Now!

Democracy is not what we hate the most and what we fear the most. We need to stand up.

All over this world people are standing up for freedom.

Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom.

We are not seeking revolution. We just want democracy.