" Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you. " ~ Jean-Paul Sartre (unverified)

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[–]JasonCarswell[S] 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

A popular image/meme not yet verified on Wikiquote, but I added it to the talk page.

It stuck in my brain, originally discovered on a recent Viva Frei video, but I'm too lazy/busy to look it up now.

[–]lestratege 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

The original is:

"L’important n’est pas ce qu’on fait de nous mais ce que nous faisons nous-même de ce qu’on a fait de nous." in Saint Genet, comédien et martyr (1952) Gallimard p.55

https://books.google.co.jp/books/content?id=6qxEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA55&img=1&pgis=1&dq=L%E2%80%99important+n%E2%80%99est+pas+ce+qu%E2%80%99on+fait+de+nous&bul=1&sig=ACfU3U1xaldm0Do9Zns53qtjkbJInlgkHQ&edge=0

[What matters is not what is being done of us, but what we do ourselves with what has been done of us]

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

This is a better quote

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Merci beaucoup!

Added to Wikiquote!

Now that it's confirmed, I've removed it from the discussion page where someone else also had it.

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“I'll tell you what Freedom is to me. No fear.”

― Nina Simone

[–]aaarrgh 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Sartre was a commie and a pedo, I wouldn't just swallow his statements.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Sartre was a commie and a pedo, I wouldn't just swallow his statements.

First, decide for yourself whether or not the quote is true to you, regardless of the source. Swallow what you will, and don't choke.

Second, supporting evidence and links would help your case.

Third, he seems have several contradictory labels:

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