I Am First a Human Being Quotes

“Nobody can imprison our souls unless we ourselves lock them behind the bars of narrow prejudice.”
― Krystyna Wituska, I Am First a Human Being: The Prison Letters of Krystyna Wituska

“I consider strong nationalism to be a serious limitation, and I always consider myself first a human being and only then a Pole. On the day that I will die, I would prefer to tell myself that I am dying for freedom and justice, rather than that I die just for my own Poland. Consciousness of a universal humanity will comfort me. But please don’t misunderstand–it is not that I don’t love my country, but I would relinquish my country’s objectives if they were not also good for all of Europe and all of humanity.”
― Krystyna Wituska, I Am First a Human Being: The Prison Letters of Krystyna Wituska