Famous Quotes

"You have an absolute freedom in Mexican writing today in which you don't necessarily have to deal with the Mexican identity. You know why? Because we have an identity... We know who we are. We know what it means to be a Mexican."

Carlos Fuentes on Freedom

More quotes about Freedom

• "Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged."

  Ronald Reagan on Freedom

• "For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others."

  Nelson Mandela on Freedom

• "If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom."

  Dwight D. Eisenhower on Freedom

• "I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do. I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do."

  Robert A. Heinlein on Freedom

• "Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Freedom

More quotes by Carlos Fuentes

• "I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them."

• "Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers."

• "I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family."

• "Literature overtakes history, for literature gives you more than one life. It expands experience and opens new opportunities to readers."

• "I use a lot of film images, analogies, and imagination."