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Henrik Ibsen — Portrait after a picture by Henrik Olrik (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

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Henrik Ibsen

Norwegian playwright and theatre director

1828–1906

18 quotes, most often on Freedom, Women and Marriage.

It gives me a sense of freedom to know that a deed of deliberate courage is still possible in this world,⁠—a deed of spontaneous beauty.
Hedda Gabler (1890), Act Fourth, spoken by HeddaIn context
The most dangerous enemy of truth and freedom amongst us is the compact majority
An Enemy of the People (1882), Act IV, spoken by Dr. StockmannIn context
The majority has might on its side⁠—unfortunately; but right it has not. I am in the right⁠—I and a few other scattered individuals. The minority is always in the right.
An Enemy of the People (1882), Act IV, spoken by Dr. StockmannIn context
- Democracy

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