Ai Weiwei on Politics
Browse 4 quotations attributed to Ai Weiwei, catalogued under Politics, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Ai Weiwei, entry #242989: "It is better to have a retarded president who respects human values than a clever government without human values."
Attributed to Ai Weiwei, entry #37451: "The government computer has one button: delete."
4 Quotes by Ai Weiwei on Politics
"It is better to have a retarded president who respects human values than a clever government without human values."
"The government computer has one button: delete."
"When the mayor of Nagoya denies the Nanjing Massacre, he gets blacklisted by the city of Nanjing. When the government of Sichuan denies “tofu dregs” construction , they get blacklisted by me."
"I think the government lose the battle. Because for a nation to develop, the government needs to correct the information, they need to have a space for people to be involved, to discuss, to participate in the change. Otherwise, I don’t think they can really last in this kind of development, because economically it goes so fast but politically it stays the same as many, many years ago. I think even the government senses that this is impossible."