Leadership Quote by Zuzana Caputova

Caputova’s sentence is doing the quiet work of leadership: it turns a messy political moment into a moral x-ray. “From my point of view” is not a shrug; it’s a deliberate claim of witness. She’s staking authority not in ideology or party machinery, but in what she has observed on the street and in civic life. That framing matters in a region where “the people” is a phrase routinely kidnapped by strongmen and repackaged as permission for control.

The core move is the contrast between power and “will”. Caputova isn’t praising institutions, armies, or even elections. She’s elevating an internal engine - the stubborn, ordinary refusal to be managed. “Will to live in freedom” reads almost biological: freedom is not a luxury preference, it’s a condition of life. That’s a pointed rebuke to the transactional politics that tell citizens they can trade a little liberty for a little comfort, stability, or national pride.

The subtext also carries a warning. If freedom is the strongest force “among them”, then any government that ignores it is governing against the grain of its own society. It’s a way of flattering civic courage while setting expectations: the public has already chosen the direction; leaders should catch up.

Coming from Slovakia’s first female president, whose rise was powered by anti-corruption protests and a reformist, pro-rule-of-law ethos, the line reads as both tribute and instruction. The intent is to bind identity to democracy: you aren’t free because the state grants it; the state is legitimate only because you insist on it.