By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

Freedom is the right to never have to lie.

To cut short this question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate only between two individuals of whom one is absolutely innocent and the other absolutely guilty. The victim, to be sure, is innocent. But can the society that is supposed to represent the victim lay claim to innocence?

It is easier to kill what we do not know.

We spend our days in deliberating, and we end them without coming to any resolve.

I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.

Mon cher ami, let's not give them any pretext, no matter how small, for judging us!!! Otherwise, we'll be left in shreds. We are forced to take the same precautions as the animal trainer. If, before going into the cage, he has the misfortune to cut himself while shaving, what a feast for the wild animals!!