The consciousness that says 'I am' is not the consciousness that thinks.

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

As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.

A writer who takes political, social or literary positions must act only with the means that are his. These means are the written words.

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

What do you want to do with the [Communist] Party? A racing stable? What good is it to sharpen a knife every day if you never useit for slicing? A party is never more than a means. There is only one objective: power.

For common minds have an ugly ability to perceive in the deepest and richest saying nothing but their own everyday opinion.