There are many great authors of the past who have survived centuries of oblivion and neglect, but it is still an open question whether they will be able to survive an entertaining version of what they have to say.

The conflict between art and politics... cannot and must not be solved.

Politically, the weakness of the argument has always been that those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil.

The good things in history are usually of very short duration, but afterward have a decisive influence on what happens over long periods of time.

... whatever men do or know or experience can make sense only to the extent that it can be spoken about. There may be truths beyond speech, and they may be of great relevance to man in the singular, that is, to man in so far as he is not a political being, whatever else he may be. Men in the plural, that is, men in so far as they live and move and act in this world, can experience meaningfulness only because they can talk with and make sense to each other and to themselves.

Imperialism was born when the ruling class in capitalist production came up against national limits to its economic expansion.

The end of rebellion is liberation, while the end of revolution is the foundation of freedom.