If in a country, most of the wealth is concentrated in the hands of the few, then this country can hardly witness harmony and stability.

The Chinese government attaches importance to, and protects, human rights. We have incorporated these lines into the Chinese constitution, and we also implement the stipulation in real earnest. I think for any government, what is most important is to ensure that its people enjoy each and every right given to them by the constitution.

More scientific language and less diplomatic rhetoric may make this world even better.

Socialism, as I understand it, is a system of democracy. Without democracy, there is no socialism.

To Westerners, the students at Tiananmen may have given an impression of a solid and energetic consensus against dictatorship and for democracy, but they were an egotistical and fractious lot, riven by disagreements over tactics and money.

I'm moved to think about the political state of our country right now. Most people who go out and vote have a very clear sense of what's right and wrong. And a lot of those people who don't aren't sure, so they don't go out and vote.

A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person.

I know how messy things can get when adults overstep their boundaries and insert themselves - their politics, their fears, their prejudices, their ignorance - into the lives of young people.