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1 " The world is what it is, which is to say, nothing much. "
― Albert Camus , Camus at Combat: Writing 1944-1947
2 " This is no longer a prayer but a demand to be made by all peoples to their governments—a demand to choose definitively between hell and reason. "
3 " Revolt begins first in the human heart. But there comes a time when revolt spreads from heart to spirit, when a feeling becomes an idea, when impulse leads to concerted action. This is the moment of revolution. "
4 " Talking of politics, I would like to reiterate that Arabs are people. By that I mean they are not merely an anonymous mass of peasants with nothing worth fighting for, as the Western world sees them. On the contrary, they are people with great traditions and the highest values, for all our reluctance to assess them impartially. "
5 " When millions of people are starving, everyone is implicated. "
6 " We must all know that each mediocrity, each surrender, each act of complacency will harm us as much as the enemy's rifles. "
7 " It would be better to try to awake the reader’s critical instincts than to appeal to his laziness. "
