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"All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom."

Isabel Allende 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 Isabel Allende

  • "I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world, in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family. No wonder that by age five I was a raging feminist - although the term had not reached Chile yet, so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me."

  • "For real change, we need feminine energy in the management of the world. We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men."

  • "In times of conflict, war, poverty or religious fundamentalism, women and children are the first and most numerous victims. Women need all their courage today."

  • "All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom."

  • "I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic."

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