--- title: "1 Detention Quotes By Vanessa Redgrave" description: "1 Detention quotes by Vanessa Redgrave. Plus more from Vanessa Redgrave and more Detention sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/vanessa-redgrave-12176_britain_how-can-there-be-democracy-if-the-leader_1943198.jpg" --- > [How can there be democracy if the leadership in the United States and Britain don't uphold the values which my father's generation fought the Nazis, millions of people gave their lives against the Soviet Union's regime, didn't they? Because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/how-can-there-be-democracy-if-the-leadership-in-the-united-states-and/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/197/vanessa-redgrave-12176_britain_how-can-there-be-democracy-if-the-leader_1943198.jpg) ## Other authors on Detention ## More by Vanessa Redgrave > [An awful lot of filmmaking and playmaking is taken over by marketers and publicists, who set about to tell people what to think. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/an-awful-lot-of-filmmaking-and-playmaking-is-taken-over-by-marketers/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) > [Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/theater-and-poetry-were-what-helped-people-stay-alive-and-want-to-go/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) > [I thought my story, my experiences as a 2-year-old 'evacuee' from London at the outset of the war, could be important. What happened to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/i-thought-my-story-my-experiences-as-a-2-year-old-evacuee-from-london/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) > [Principles aren't something you hear much from politicians these days. Have you noticed? Right across the board, leaders, whatever the political coloring, avoid talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/principles-aren-t-something-you-hear-much-from-politicians-these-days/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) > [Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/shakespeare-lets-us-see-real-people-undergoing-real-processes-with/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) > [The stage is actor's country. You have to get your passport stamped every so often or they take away your citizenship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/the-stage-is-actor-s-country-you-have-to-get-your-passport-stamped/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) > [Ask the right questions if you're to find the right answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/ask-the-right-questions-if-you-re-to-find-the-right-answers/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) > [Ask the right questions if you're going to find the right answers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/ask-the-right-questions-if-you-re-going-to-find-the-right-answers/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) > [I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/i-think-the-theatre-is-as-essential-to-civilization-as-safe-pure-water/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) > [We are child-bearers primarily, and we are the weaker sex, and once we've given birth to our children, our life is by necessity bound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/we-are-child-bearers-primarily-and-we-are-the-weaker-sex-and-once-we/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) > [I give myself to my parts as to a lover.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/i-give-myself-to-my-parts-as-to-a-lover/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) > [The notion of 'building a career' had never been heard or dreamed of when I was young.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/the-notion-of-building-a-career-had-never-been-heard-or-dreamed-of/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) > [I've identified all my life with refugees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/i-ve-identified-all-my-life-with-refugees/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) > [I got my first film break because the director Karel Reisz saw me at a small theater party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/i-got-my-first-film-break-because-the-director-karel-reisz-saw-me-at/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) > [A deeper truth the camera can see can be more surprising than even the director imagined it could be. That's a wonderful thing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vanessa-redgrave/a-deeper-truth-the-camera-can-see-can-be-more-surprising-than-even/) [Vanessa Redgrave](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vanessa-redgrave/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/detention/vanessa-redgrave/#itemlist", "name": "1 Detention Quotes By Vanessa Redgrave", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "How can there be democracy if the leadership in the United States and Britain don't uphold the values which my father's generation fought the Nazis, millions of people gave their lives against the Soviet Union's regime, didn't they? Because of what? Democracy. And what democracy meant. No torture, no camps, no detention forever or without trial, without charges. In solitary confinement. 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