To be able to think freely, a man must be certain that no consequence will follow whatever he writes.
Ernest RenanMuslims are the first victims of Islam. To liberate a Muslim from his religion is the best service that one can render him!
Ernest RenanTo have common glories in the past, a common will in the present; to have done great things together, to will to do the like again, โ such are the essential conditions for the making of a people.
Ernest Renan