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Freedom is not a gift received from a State or a leader but a possession to be won every day by the effort of each and the union of all.

Albert Camus (1913-1960) Algerian-French novelist, essayist, playwright
“Bread and Freedom,” (1957) Resistance, Rebellion, and Death [tr. O'Brien (1961)]

With freedom of the press, nations are not sure of going toward justice and peace. But without it, they are sure of not going there.

Albert Camus (1913-1960) Algerian-French novelist, essayist, playwright
“Homage to an Exile” (1955), Resistance, Rebellion, and Death [tr. O'Brien (1961)]

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Albert Camus (1913-1960) Algerian-French novelist, essayist, playwright
“Return to Tipasa,” Summer (1954)

In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.

Albert Camus (1913-1960) Algerian-French novelist, essayist, playwright
“Return to Tipasa,” Summer (1954)

Illness is a convent which has its rule, its austerity, its silences, and its inspirations.

Albert Camus (1913-1960) Algerian-French novelist, essayist, playwright
Notebooks: 1942-1951, November 1942 [tr. J. O'Brien (1966)]

A free press can of course be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom it will never be anything but bad. … Freedom means nothing but a chance to be better, whereas enslavement is a certainty of the worse.

Albert Camus (1913-1960) Algerian-French novelist, essayist, playwright
Resistance, Rebellion and Death (1960)

Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better.

Albert Camus (1913-1960) Algerian-French novelist, essayist, playwright
Resistance, Rebellion, and Death (1960)

Alas, after a certain age, every man is responsible for his face.

Albert Camus (1913-1960) Algerian-French novelist, essayist, playwright
The Fall (1956)

We are all exceptional cases. We all want to appeal against something! Each of us insists on being innocent at all cost, even if has to accuse the whole human race and heaven itself!

Albert Camus (1913-1960) Algerian-French novelist, essayist, playwright
The Fall (1956) [tr. J. O'Brien]

How many crimes committed merely because their authors could not endure being wrong?

Albert Camus (1913-1960) Algerian-French novelist, essayist, playwright
The Fall [tr. J. O'Brien (1956)]

You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.

Albert Camus (1913-1960) Algerian-French novelist, essayist, playwright
The Fall, ch. 56 [tr. J. O'Brien (1956)]