Because the Nazi venom worked its way even into our thoughts, every accurate thought was a conquest; because an all-powerful police sought to force us into silence every word became as precious as a declaration of principle; because we were persecuted, each of our gestures carried the weight of a commitment.
Jean-Paul SartreMan is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.
Jean-Paul Sartre