Quotes by Henrik Ibsen

One of the qualities of liberty is that, as long as it is being striven after, it goes on expanding. Therefore, the man who stands in the midst of the struggle and says, 'I have it,' merely shows by doing so that he has just lost it.

It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.

A forest bird never wants a cage.

Do not use that foreign word 'ideals.' We have that excellent native word 'lies.'

Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.