Rafael Correa Quotes

Liberty, the soul of everything. Without you, life is dead.

Even in the darkest regions, people have discovered their right of freedom.

Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.

Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life.

I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.

Human rights are being exalted over victory.

The liberty we prize is not America’s gift to the world, it is God’s gift to humanity.

We talk about democracy and human rights. Iraqis talk about justice and honor.

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it; no constitution, no law, no court can even do much to help it. And what is this liberty which must lie in the hearts of men and women?

I fundamentally believe in freedom and human rights.

When Estonia reestablished its sovereignty after a half century of successive thuggish, totalitarian, foreign occupations by the Soviets, the Nazis, and then again the Soviets, we knew we wanted to create a democratic country characterized by rule of law and respect for human rights.

The U.S. Declaration of Independence enshrines the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Alas, that is not the case everywhere in the world.

Freedom must be continually guarded as something more priceless than life itself.

I would contend that we place no other value above the right to be free. We will die for our freedom. In fact, we believe freedom is sufficiently important that we will even die so that others around the globe might be free.

Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.

The primal principle of democracy is the worth and dignity of the individual.

While it may take generations of nurturing, nations founded on and grounded in freedom will eventually overcome and prosper. Once free, folks rarely accept anything less, and that includes Iraqis.

The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish.

By helping readers understand these mechanics, I hope they will appreciate why freedom is for everyone, why it is essential for our security and why the free world plays a critically important role in advancing democracy around the globe.

Nothing is more precious than independence and liberty.

There are more people living in freedom today than at any other time in the history of the human race.

I love my people. They have the right to live like any other nation on Earth.