„Storytellers are a threat. They threaten all champions of control, they frighten usurpers of the right-to-freedom of the human spirit — in state, in church or mosque, in party congress, in the university or wherever.“

— Chinua Achebe

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„The government of the United States is not the champion of freedom“
— Ernesto Che Guevara
„Formerly admired almost universally as the preeminent champion of human rights, the United States now has become one of the foremost targets of respected international organizations concerned about these basic principles of democratic life. Some of our actions are similar to those of abusive regimes that we have historically condemned.“
— Jimmy Carter
„Freedom is one of the deepest and noblest aspirations of the human spirit.“
— Ronald Reagan
„You have the power to remind us all that human dignity is not just a universal aspiration, but a human right.“
— Barack Obama