Glacier Kwong Quotes

Glacier Chung Ching Kwong is a political activist from Hong Kong. She is a PhD candidate in law at the University of Hamburg. She is also currently the Digital Rights Research Fellow at Hong Kong Democracy Council , a leading organization for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and Hong Kongers overseas led by fellow activist Samuel Chu. Previously, she was the spokesperson of the non-governmental organization Keyboard Frontline, monitoring privacy abuses and censorship on the web.Following the enactment of the Hong Kong national security law in 2020, Kwong is living in self-imposed exile in Germany. Wikipedia  

✵ 11. July 1996
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Famous Glacier Kwong Quotes

“The motivation for me as an activist is the belief that no one is subordinate to another. The government is merely an agent of the people. We lend authority to it, and when it performs badly, we reserve the right to take it back.”

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Hong Kong’s angry young millennials: an interview with Joshua Wong https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/hong-kong-angry-young-millennials-interview-with-joshua-wong/ (1 November 2015)

“I really love the city and would always love to go home. I do fear coming home and do not feel safe coming back. It’s just not the same place that I grew up in.”

Glacier Kwong

‘I fear coming home,’ says Hong Kong activist Glacier Kwong after pro-democracy lobbying effort in Germany https://hongkongfp.com/2020/10/09/i-fear-coming-home-says-hong-kong-activist-glacier-kwong-after-pro-democracy-lobbying-effort-in-germany/ (9 October 2020)

“We have one million reasons to give up. But we only need one to continue the fight; that is, we know that what we’re doing is right.”

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What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 38 Glacier Kwong https://www.resilience.org/stories/2021-05-04/what-could-possibly-go-right-episode-38/ (4 May 2021)

“We should not suppress our feelings of sadness during our activism. Being upfront with these emotions shows our humanity and gives validation to others feeling the same way.”

Glacier Kwong

What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 38 Glacier Kwong https://www.resilience.org/stories/2021-05-04/what-could-possibly-go-right-episode-38/ (4 May 2021)

“We don’t persist because we see hope. We only see hope when we persist. Before we succeed, we are not failing. It’s just that we are not there yet.”

Glacier Kwong

What Could Possibly Go Right?: Episode 38 Glacier Kwong https://www.resilience.org/stories/2021-05-04/what-could-possibly-go-right-episode-38/ (4 May 2021)

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