Islam, as a religion, has been established in France for a long time, and the religious question has been resolved in this country. Islam does not threaten France's future in any way.

You can't have anything happening today within the petro-monarchies, is going to be too risky for the United States and the oil interests there.

I am not a politician. I have often been approached in this regard, but I have always declined these sorts of offers. I view myself as an independent, critical intellectual, as someone who tries to stimulate thought on the left and the right, to encourage intellectual evolution.

Don’t nurture a sense of guilt; rather, nurture a sense of responsibility married with a sense of humility.

I don't think we should take the emotional reactions of a few people as more representative than those of the millions of people who took to the street in a non-violent way against dictators.

Criticizing to destroy is easy, thinking in order to build is much more difficult to achieve

Serve humanity, regardless of religion. Show solidarity for those suffering and oppressed.