Rodolfo Walsh

Novelist Journalist Argentine 1927 – 1977

Argentine writer and political activist.

365 quotes

"The truth is like a lion; it doesn't need our defense. It will defend itself."
Truth
"A writer must have the courage to tell what he sees, even if the world doesn't want to hear it."
Courage
"History is written by those who survive, but the real story belongs to those who are forgotten."
History
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Justice
"The power of words lies not in their eloquence but in their truth."
"To understand the present, one must first understand the past."
Knowledge
"Silence in the face of evil is complicity."
Justice
"The greatest crime is indifference to the crimes of others."
Justice
"Art without purpose is merely decoration; purpose without art is propaganda."
Art
"Freedom is not given; it is taken by those brave enough to demand it."
Freedom
"Memory is the only weapon we have against oblivion."
"The investigator's task is to reveal what power wishes to keep hidden."
Truth
"Language is the first battleground of power."
Power
"Every story untold is a truth that dies."
Truth
"The pen and the sword are not opposites; they are one in the same."
Power
"To witness injustice and say nothing is to become its accomplice."
Courage
"In a world of lies, telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
Truth
"The role of the intellectual is to disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed."
Philosophy
"Words have the power to build empires or tear them down."
Power
"Those who control information control reality."
Power
"The search for truth is the highest human endeavor."
Wisdom
"Indifference is the greatest evil that can befall a society."
Justice
"To write is to take responsibility for the world."
Literature
"The disappeared are not forgotten; they are unforgiven."
History
"Art is not decoration for your wall; it is documentation of human experience."
Art
"A lie repeated often enough becomes the truth in the minds of many."
Truth
"The journalist's pen is mightier than the censor's sword."
"Every person has a story worth telling if you know where to look."
Wisdom
"Justice delayed is justice denied; silence is consent."
Justice
"The fear in a tyrant's eye reveals the power of truth."
Courage