1553: Oleksandra Matviichuk: Verified Quotes (2014–2025)
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2025/10/17
What are Oleksandra Matviichuk’s verified quotes from 2014 to 2025, presented in strict chronological order with sources and full text?
2014: “Adoption of this law is de facto declaring war on civil society, and we, representatives of human rights organizations, are not going to give up in the war we had not started. We are calling for a boycott of these laws.”
2016: “Finding the solution to this crisis is our historic task. We must continue fighting for human dignity, even if there is nothing left but words and our own example.”
2022: “People of Ukraine want peace more than anyone else in the world. But peace cannot be reached by a country under attack laying down its arms. This would not be peace, but occupation.” (originally in
2023: “Be courageous. You for sure will be better than our generation.”
2023: “Today’s generation, even in developed democracies, has inherited human rights, democracy, the rule of law from their parents and did not fight for them themselves. They take them for granted. In fact, freedom is not a given. We make choices every day. And the values of modern civilization must be protected.”
2023: “They have begun to understand freedom as the choice between types of cheese at the supermarket. And so they are ready to trade freedom for economic gain, for promises of security, and for personal comfort.”
2024: “When I started my career as a human rights lawyer, I never imagined that I would publicly say we need weapons and missiles to protect human rights. However, I have found since the unprovoked Russian invasion of my country that you cannot wave the Geneva Conventions in front of a Russian tank. You cannot use the United Nations Charter to stop the raping and kidnapping. You cannot defeat evil without the bravery to resist it.”
2024: “I have hope, but hope is not a strategy. We need a strategy, and we need decisive action.”
2024: “Ukrainian women are at the forefront of this battle for freedom and democracy, because bravery has no gender.”
2024: “An unspoken norm was set that justice is the privilege of the victors. But justice is not a privilege. Justice is a basic human right.”
2025: “For decades, Russia has liquidated its own civil society step by step. But for a long time, the civilized world turned a blind eye to this. They continued to shake Putin’s hand, build gas pipelines, and conduct business as usual.”
2025: “This war turns people into numbers. We are returning their names.”
2025: “What’s needed now is not more debate — it’s courage, clarity, and compassion.”
2025: “If we want to prevent wars in the future, we must punish the states and their leaders who start these wars now.”
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