Quotes About Freedom

The solitary man is a modified savage, accepted by civilization. He who wanders most is most alone; hence his continual change of place. To remain anywhere long, suffocated him with the sense of being tamed. He spent his life in moving on.

Que lo pongan a uno en libertad no quiere decir que lo liberen. Del presidio se sale; de la condena, no.

October, 1815, he was released; he had entered there in 1796, for having broken a pane of glass and taken a loaf of bread. Room

He was no longer Jean Valjean, but No. 24601.

Les galères ! Ah ! oui, plutôt mille fois la mort, plutôt l'échafaud que le bagne, plutôt le néant que l'enfer ; plutôt livrer mon cou au couteau de Guillotin qu'au carcan de la chiourme ! Les galères, juste ciel !

Les philosophes disent: Modérez vos joies. Moi je dis: Lâchez-leur la bride, à vos joies. Soyez épris comme des diables. Soyez enragés.

Liberation is not deliverance. A convict may leave prison behind but not his sentence.

La liberté commence là où l'ignorance finit.

We must look elsewhere for Eden. Spring is good; but freedom and justice are better. Eden is moral, not material.

O ódio ao ensino dos filhos do povo era um dogma.

La excarcelación no es la libertad. Se acaba el presidio, pero no la condena. Esto

The time for it has come, and it would indeed be strange if, in the present age, liberty, like light, should penetrate everywhere, except into that one place where freedom finds its most natural realm - in the world of ideas.

Breaking the gloomy bonds of the past is a mournful task.

Um dos livreiros para quem trabalhava, Magimel, creio eu, oferecera-lhe levá-lo para sua casa, fornecer-lhe um trabalho regular e dar-lhe 1500 francos por ano. Ter boa casa e 1500 francos, que boa coisa! Mas renunciar à sua liberdade, ser uma espécie de mercenário, uma espécie de literato-caixeiro. Segundo o modo de ver de Mário, (...) ganhava em comodidades e perdia em dignidade

L'uguaglianza, cittadini, non significa ridurre ogni vegetazione a ad uno stesso livello, una società di giganteschi fili d'erba e querce nane.

The man who is not loved soars like a vulture over the mistresses of other men;

La liberazione non è la libertà; si esce dal carcere, ma non dalla condanna.

Open, nevertheless.

Speech imprisoned frets to find a vent. To harangue space is an outlet.

Je tends vers la société sans roi, l'humanité sans frontière, la religion sans livre.

Thus, in speaking of Bonaparte, one was free to sob or to puff up with laughter, provided that hatred lay at the bottom.

In October, 1815, he was released; he had entered there in 1796, for having broken a pane of glass and taken a loaf of bread.

for, if liberty is the summit, equality is the base.

Let's fight, ye gods and little fishes! I've had enough of despotism.