freedom Quotes

I draw from the Absurd three consequences: my revolt, my liberty, my passion.

There is in me an anarchy and frightful disorder. Creating makes me die a thousand deaths, because it means making order, and my entire being rebels against order. But without it I would die, scattered to the winds.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

The real passion of the twentieth century is servitude.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up.

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.