Hunger Strike Quotes

“From our experience of the past and our literature of the past we have derived a naïve faith in the power of a hunger strike. But the hunger strike is a purely moral weapon. It presupposes that the jailer has not entirely lost his conscience. Or that the jailer is afraid of public opinion. Only in such circumstances can it be effective.”
― Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago

“MENAJER: (Tel örgüden dışarıdaki dünyaya bakarak) Kızmayın ama, burada sanki maymun kafesi içindesiniz.

STEVA: Hangi açıdan baktığınıza bağlı. Dışarıdan bakarsanız, evet... küçük bir maymun kafesindeyiz. Buradan dışarıya bakarsanız, dünyanın büyük bir maymun kafesi içinde olduğunu görürsünüz. Sorun, hangi açıdan baktığınızda...

Dar Ayakkabıyla Yaşamak”
― Dušan Kovačević, Dar Ayakkabıyla Yaşamak

“I didn't want to die, but I also didn't want to spend the rest of my life in this place for something I didn't do. There were no easy choices, but I chose my path. We all did.”
― Mansoor Adayfi, Don't Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantanamo

“What they didn't understand was that the hunger strike wasn't about art or contraband or even living conditions—it was about life. Our lives.”
― Mansoor Adayfi, Don't Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantanamo