Description:
Transcript of the lecture..."...To be speaking to you now, through the BBC, has a very special
meaning for me. It means that, once again, I am officially a free person. When I was officially
un-free - that is to say when I was under house arrest - it was the BBC that spoke to me. I
listened. But that listening also gave me a kind of freedom: the freedom of reaching out to
other minds. Of course it was not the same as a personal exchange, but it was a form of
human contact. The freedom to make contact with other human beings with whom you
may wish to share your thoughts, your hopes, your laughter, and at times even your anger
and indignation is a right that should never be violated. Even though I cannot be with you in
person today, I am so grateful for this opportunity to exercise my right to human contact by
sharing with you my thoughts on what freedom means to me and to others across the world
who are still in the sad state of what I would call un-freedom..."
Source/publisher:
BBC
Date of Publication:
2011-06-28
Date of entry:
2011-07-01
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- Individual Documents
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Language:
English