Acceptance Remarks by Li Heping
Title
Acceptance Remarks by Li Heping
Subject
Li Heping
Freedom of religion--China
Creator
Li Heping
Source
The 2008 Democracy Award, http://www.ned.org/events/democracy-award/2008
Publisher
National Endowment for Democracy
Date
2008-06-17
Format
(2 p.) : PDF file
Language
eng
Type
Text
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Acceptance Remarks by Li Heping
Today, I stand in a stronghold of Freedom and I am excited and inspired.
I want to thank all of those men and women concerned about human rights in China and around the globe. It is your hardwork that makes the world a better place.
God created humanity and every person has rights to four inalienable freedoms as mentioned by President Roosevelt:
Freedom from fear,
Freedom of speech and expression
Freedom of religion,
Freedom from want
Because humanity has limited tolerance of others, in many places around the world, to different degrees, these freedoms and the right of citizens to be their own masters is not guaranteed.
However, Chinese and Americans are working together tirelessly to improve human rights in the world. Americans have won respect of peoples from many different countries because of their outstanding contributions to human rights.
Between now and the time NED began to make the Democracy Award, 10 Chinese people have received this award and awareness of human rights has gradually increased. To have so many Chinese citizens receive this award makes it clear that China’s democracy is still not perfect and it needs the efforts and resources of more Chinese citizens as well as support from the international community to improve it.
Honorable ladies and gentlemen, if you consider commendable my normal professional labors and honor my efforts in the name of freedom, then I am filled with awe and am thankful beyond measure.
But all the glory belongs to god.
Today, I stand in a stronghold of Freedom and I am excited and inspired.
I want to thank all of those men and women concerned about human rights in China and around the globe. It is your hardwork that makes the world a better place.
God created humanity and every person has rights to four inalienable freedoms as mentioned by President Roosevelt:
Freedom from fear,
Freedom of speech and expression
Freedom of religion,
Freedom from want
Because humanity has limited tolerance of others, in many places around the world, to different degrees, these freedoms and the right of citizens to be their own masters is not guaranteed.
However, Chinese and Americans are working together tirelessly to improve human rights in the world. Americans have won respect of peoples from many different countries because of their outstanding contributions to human rights.
Between now and the time NED began to make the Democracy Award, 10 Chinese people have received this award and awareness of human rights has gradually increased. To have so many Chinese citizens receive this award makes it clear that China’s democracy is still not perfect and it needs the efforts and resources of more Chinese citizens as well as support from the international community to improve it.
Honorable ladies and gentlemen, if you consider commendable my normal professional labors and honor my efforts in the name of freedom, then I am filled with awe and am thankful beyond measure.
But all the glory belongs to god.
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Citation
Li Heping, “Acceptance Remarks by Li Heping,” NED Multimedia, accessed April 26, 2024, https://ned.omeka.net/items/show/16.