All men in their hearts, I say, bear witness to these truths; they need only to be made to understand it.

The social revolution is seriously compromised if it comes through a political revolution.

All men are equal and free: society by nature, and destination, is therefore autonomous and ungovernable. If the sphere of activity of each citizen is determined by the natural division of work and by the choice he makes of a profession, if the social functions are combined in such a way as to produce a harmonious effect, order results from the free activity of all men; there is no government. Whoever puts a hand on me to govern me is an usurper and a tyrant; I declare him my enemy.

I do not wish to be either governor nor governed!

As man seeks justice in equality, so society seeks order in anarchy.

Justice is a faculty that may be developed. This development is what constitutes the education of the human race.

As soon as I set foot in the parliamentary Sinai, I ceased to be in touch with the masses.