The real nature of the present revealed itself: it was what exists, all that was not present did not exist.

Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong.

All I can do is make the best of what I am, become accustomed to it, evaluate the possibilities, and take advantage of them the best I can.

He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end.

It is always more valuable to report the truth.

If I did not publish this autobiography [Les Mots] sooner and in its most radical form, it is because I considered it exaggerated.

If you begin by saying, 'Thou shalt not lie,' there is no longer any possibility of political action.