"World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity."
"I totally disagree with the view that the Tibet struggle will die, and there will be no hope for Tibet, after the Dalai Lama passes away."
"The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history."
"One thing I want to make clear, as far as my own rebirth is concerned, the final authority is myself and no one else, and obviously not China's Communists."
"As long as I am alive, I am fully committed to amity between Tibetans and Chinese. Otherwise there's no use."
"It is difficult to violently suppress people in the long run, as the example of the Soviet Union and the Eastern European countries has shown."
"China has to go along with world trends. That's democracy, liberty, individual freedom. China sooner or later has to go that way. It cannot go backward."
"Chinese people themselves, they really want change."
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