Political Quotes

“Madam President, today is the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, when thousands of peaceful students asking for their freedom were gunned down by Chinese Communist tanks and troops. Because of Beijing's relentless censorship and control over information, we never learned the true death toll of that dark day, but it is certain that thousands of peaceful protesters were murdered in the streets. Beijing's savagery was exposed during that massacre, reminding the West that this was the same, unreconstructed Communist Party that killed millions--tens of millions--of its own people without batting an eye in Mao's Cultural Revolution and Great Leap Forward. A tiger never changes its stripes. Now the Chinese Communist Party is threatening another atrocity in Hong Kong, a city whose traditions and freedoms it once promised to respect--but that it, secretly and increasingly openly, loathes as a gleaming repudiation of Chinese Communism. Last year, an extradition bill that could have allowed Hong Kong residents to be ``disappeared'' to mainland China sparked mass protests. Hong Kong residents flooded the streets to display their disapproval and protect their freedoms. These are not anarchists trying to tear down the law--as the Chinese Communist Party's shrill organs falsely claim--but they were free citizens fighting to preserve the rule of law they love so much, against a Communist power that knows no law above itself.…”