“Choosing to love, in spite of all its complexities, is the only freedom there is.”

“Democracy and freedom do not guarantee the millennium. No, we do not choose political freedom because it promises us this or that. We choose it because it makes possible the only dignified form of human coexistence, the only form in which we can be fully responsible for ourselves. Whether we realize its possibilities depends on all kinds of things — and above all on ourselves.”

“We do not choose political freedom because it promises us this or that. We choose it because it makes possible the only dignified form of human coexistence, the only form in which we can be fully responsible for ourselves. Whether we realize its possibilities depends on all kinds of things — and above all on ourselves.”

“We wanted the freedom to love. We wanted the freedom to choose. Now we have to fight for it.”

“There are only two ways to love—in spite of yourself, and in spite of the restraining order.”

“That's all the freedom we can hope for - the freedom to choose our prison.”