Liu Xiaobo’s essay “That Holy Word, ‘Revolution,’” written 5 years after June 4, 1989, from the book Popular Protest and Political Culture in Modern China:

“In Communist China, there is no word more sacred or richer in righteous indignation and moral force than ‘revolution.’ In the name of revolution, one-party despotism and individual autocracy have been carried out. Again and again, in the name of ‘revolution,’ inhumane political movements have been launched. In the name of revolution, individuals have been stripped of all the rights that they ought to enjoy. In the name of revolution, the economy has been destroyed and historic culture has been extinguished.”