Quotation
Quote by Jacobo Timerman
I chose to save lives.
Explore the idea
Understanding this quote
The speaker states that saving lives was a deliberate choice. The sentence presents protecting people as the action they decided to take, with no further explanation of the circumstances or alternatives involved.
Source & trust
About this quotation
- Source
- Columbia Journalism Review
- Format
- Official Statement
Explore the idea
Topics
Conversation
0 comments
No comments yet.
Start the conversation about this quote.
“You have a short life, this is yours, live it because there have been a lot of people here before you and they’re gone.”
“I was deeply influenced by Gandhi’s notion of holding one’s wealth in trusteeship, to be used for the betterment of society and not as if one owned it.”
“I can't hate – life's too short.”
“Philosophy was a pathway, a way of life, the way to lead one’s life.”
“I want people to remember me as a hard-working humanitarian.”
“Every choice I’ve ever made has been dictated by a formless hunch rather than by strict logic.”
“Philosophy was a pathway, a way of life.”
Read quote“I don't think I'd change anything because I've had such an amazingly interesting life.”
“Democracy is our only choice.”
“When you enter into someone else’s dream, there’s a responsibility that comes with it.”
Until the Water Turned
When a storm scrambles the ferry schedule, a young dispatcher discovers that keeping people informed means more than knowing the answers herself.
Read Story