Escaped Quote by Park Yeon-mi

I defected to South Korea in search of freedom of speech and movement. I had longed to put my feet on this soil, even…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

I thought, if I go to China, I might find food to eat. The only reason to escape was to find a bowl of…

— Park Yeon-mi

If I could've had the things that Americans throw away, I never would've escaped North Korea. That's how much we were desperate.

— Park Yeon-mi

Freedom used to be something that I dreamed of but never allowed myself to fully imagine.

— Chelsea Manning

In North Korea, it was actually an oppressive regime and that's why I escaped with my life.

— Park Yeon-mi

One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that…

— Kevin Powers

I didn't know what freedom was. I didn't even know the word. I didn't know the concept. I never heard of that word, 'freedom.'…

— Park Yeon-mi

Do you care about freedom? Dreams may have inspired it, and wishes prompted it, but only war and weapons have made it yours.

— Robert Ardrey

The American Dream is about freedom.

— Rick Mears

I wanted to show North Korean people that they have hope, and they can be free someday, like myself.

— Park Yeon-mi

So many Korean Americans like me came to this country with the hope of achieving their own American Dream.

— Michelle Steel

Freedom is the dream you dream While putting thought in chains again --

— Giacomo Leopardi