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

Lacking the truth, [we] will however finds instants of truth, and these instants are in fact all we have available to us to give some order to this chaos of horror.

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

The only grandeur of imperialism lies in the nation's losing battle against it.

Without being forgiven, released from the consequences of what we have done, our capacity to act would, as it were, be confined to one single deed from which we could never recover; we would remain the victims of its consequences forever.

There exists in our society widespread fear of judging…[B]ehind the unwillingness to judge lurks the suspicion that no one is a free agent, and hence doubt that anyone is responsible or could be expected to answer for what he has done…Who has ever maintained that by judging a wrong I presuppose that I myself would be incapable of committing it?

Conscience is the anticipation of the fellow who awaits you if and when you come home.