Historically, Hong Kong has served as an important bridge between China and the world. Our freedoms, stability and the rule of law have been the reasons for our success.

I hope to make clear that involvement in small scale community work can make a difference in our city's politics.

If I don't commit to fighting for the future, 20 years later, 30 years later, after the end of the expiration date of the joint declaration, Hong Kong will be more at risk and in greater danger.

If a mass movement turns into worshipping a particular person, that's a great problem.

When I was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, I felt that this should go to all of the Hong Kong people who fight for democracy.

People may recognize me as some sort of superhero, but it's different. Spider-Man and all these other superheroes, they get superpowers and do what they want to save the city. If we need to save Hong Kong, we can't rely on superpowers, we can just rely on the people.

In a world where ideas and ideals flow freely, we want what everybody else in an advanced society seems to have: a say in our future.

It may take a generation to achieve democracy. But our generation must accomplish this and not pass the buck to the next.

Hong Kong might be a small place, but its people make it unique. The iconic images of skyscrapers in this bustling metropolis are famous around the world, but it is the people of Hong Kong, standing up for their city on the streets, who make it truly great.

As the remaining voices for civil disobedience are suppressed, the political spectrum narrows even further.

We desire and thirst for freedom, democracy and the rule of law just like anyone else. And we are prepared to fight tooth and nail for all of those things.

We long to have a home where civil freedoms are respected, where our children will not be subject to mass surveillance, abuse of human rights, political censorship and mass incarceration.

Politics has become infused with narcissism in America.

Meeting the challenges of the future requires a state that can think and act strategically.

If Marx was alive during the Stalinist period, he'd be first to be in the gulag.

Getting political representation is important, but change comes through using direct action, campaigning, and trade unions.

In terms of mainstream media it's very difficult to break through if you're on the left.

The assertion that the war in Iraq has had no role in increasing the terrorist threat to Britain is clearly just intellectually unsustainable.

New Labour has created a society increasingly oppressed by the worry of personal debt.

If allowed, democracy does actually work.

If we as a party are serious about devolution, then we must respect councils and nations enough to determine their own agenda.

My ambition is to learn to play the trombone. My wife pulls my leg about it. I'll find time, my neighbours might not appreciate it but I'm going to try.

When you talk to people about their practical life, for example when they're at work, like the rail industry, the RMT members know better than anyone else how to run their industry.

The U.K. needs to diversify - to become the technological as well as the financial centre of Europe.