In wanting freedom we discover that it depends entirely on the freedom of others, and that the freedom of others depends on ours. . . I am obliged to want others to have freedom at the same time that I want my own freedom. I can take freedom as my goal only if I take that of others as a goal as well.

One could only damage oneself through the harm one did to others. One could never get directly at oneself.

I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the universe, but someone who was expected, prepared, prefigured. In short, a being whom only a Creator could put here; and this idea of a creating hand refers to God.

Violence is good for those who have nothing to lose.

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

Ideas come in pairs and they contradict one another; their opposition is the principal engine of reflection.

Something begins in order to end: an adventure doesn't let itself be extended it achieves significance only through its death.