Nancy Pelosi said "Because, you know, they say that these autocrats, the President of China for one, the most horrible form of torture that they can put on a prisoner is to tell them nobody even remembers them or cares about them or even knows why they are in prison." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

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Because, you know, they say that these autocrats, the President of China for one, the most horrible form of torture that they can put on a prisoner is to tell them nobody even remembers them or cares about them or even knows why they are in prison.

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Nancy Pelosi

Democratic · California

Source

pelosi.house.gov

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on human rights and political prisoners in China.

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