Speech

Today, I am here on the behalf of Chinese of exile in the Federation for a democratic China and the Chinese Students who were in the T Square to give our deepest respect to the students, workers and all the people who sacrificed their lives and homes for freedom and human dignity in Parliament Square 7 years before I was born.

Several days ago, a Hungarian friend, who has been volunteering to help Chinese pro-democracy movement gave me some pictures and copies of the 1956 movement in Hungary. I look at the pictures. I had the exactly same feeling as I did in T Square. I feel about the Hungarians as I do about the Chinese. I will dedicate my life to the goal that we both share, to our common cause that will free every single human being in the whole world.

Many students in T square knew the Hungarian Poems of freedom. Yes, we treasure our lives and love, but we would sacrifice both of them for the sake of freedom. We also knew the similar struggle had occurred long time ago in Hungary.

After we became exile, many Hungarian and Polish people began to come to our events and join our organization. They provided us with their noble spirits and valuable experiments. We have learned a great deal from them. I am so glad that I have this wonderful opportunity today to Hungarian and Chinese.

The blood shed by both Hungarian and Chinese people for freedom is already much enough to keep us not only awake, but also in high spirit, is already much enough for us not to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious goal of our cause shall be achieved.

My dear friends, keep fighting until we either die or see every human being in the world is free. Let me end my speech with an old saying, give me liberty, or give me death.

1990/10/21 Hungarian 505 VanNess, S.F.