“The media's censorship is unthinkable... If we don't stop, we are goin...” — Park Yeon-mi Quote

“The media's censorship is unthinkable... If we don't stop, we are going to end up like North Koreans.”

“My detective just told me, 'Seriously, you are in danger and you have to change all your information.' But I said no because my name, Park Yeon-mi, is my legacy from my father, that's the only one he just left me. I'm very proud of my name so that's why if I die I'm ok.”

“I didn't know what freedom was. I didn't even know the word. I didn't know the concept. I never heard of that word, 'freedom.' To me, the happiest thing was having food.”

“There should be no censorship of mail.”

“The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.”

“I have a problem with censorship by the lawyer - by legal people by the publishing firm, and I may be changing publishers. They don't seem to want to take too many risks with living people.”