The work of an intellectual is not to mould the political will of others; it is, through the analyses that he does in his own field, to re-examine evidence and assumptions, to shake up habitual ways of working and thinking, to dissipate conventional familiarities, to re-evaluate rules and institutions and to participate in the formation of a political will (where he has his role as citizen to play).
Michel FoucaultNature, keeping only useless secrets, had placed within reach and in sight of human beings the things it was necessary for them to know.
Michel FoucaultTruth is not by nature free - nor error servile - but that its production is thoroughly imbued with relations of power.
Michel FoucaultDo not ask who I am and do not ask me to remain the same: leave it to our bureaucrats and our police to see that our papers are in order. At least spare us their morality when we write.
Michel Foucault