"If every one of those good words — liberty, equality, fraternity, democracy, human rights — has been called "bourgeois", what on earth does that leave for us?"
React to this quote
More by Fang Lizhi
See allResonant Thoughts
"I assert, that the ancient Whigs held doctrines, totally different from those I have last mentioned. I assert, that the foundations laid down by the Commons, on the trial of Doctor Sacheverel, for jus…"
Explore Further
Related Quotes
"We have a moral duty to offer support and safety to LGBT people fleeing repression for which Britain shares…"
— Owen Jones"I cannot bear to look at a film that I made before 1990. Maybe 1985. There's no sense even trying to explai…"
— Paul Newman"The first essential of civilization is law. Anarchy is simply the handmaiden and forerunner of tyranny and …"
— Theodore Roosevelt"The mission must be adherence to and the advancement of the concept of a truly democratic political system …"
— Harry Schwarz"What the 'ell just happened?!"
— TotalBiscuit"Morals — all correct moral laws — derive from the instinct to survive. Moral behavior is survival behavior …"
— Robert A. Heinlein
