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I am not wrong in the belief that its public funds are more secure than those of all the European powers. ”
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty. ”
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad. ”
Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely. ”
Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others. ”
Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better. ”
Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future. ”
I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up. ”
It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money. ”
If I start a film of my own, then what I eliminate is acting in other people's movies. Because once I start, and I go raise the money, it's about two and a half or three years, and I can't stop. I have people hired. I can't say, 'Ooh there's a good part called 'Drive'; I'll see you in three months.' ”