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L'Ordre du jour QUOTES

1 " And now gentleman, pony up."
Cavalier though it was, the invitation was hardly novel to these men, who were used to kickbacks and backhanders. Corruption is an irreducible line item in the budget of large companies, and it goes by several names: lobbying fees, gifts, political contributions. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

2 " Don't believe for a minute that this all belongs to some distant past. These are not antediluvian monsters, creatures who pitifully faded away in the 1950s along with the poverty depicted by Rossellini, or were carted off with the ruins of Berlin. These names still exist. Their fortunes are enormous. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

3 " Et ce qui étonne dans cette guerre, c'est la réussite inouïe du culot, dont on doit retenir une chose: le monde cède au bluff. Même le monde le plus sérieux, le plus rigide, même le vieil ordre, s'il ne cède jamais à l'exigence de justice, s'il ne plie jamais devant le peuple qui s'insurge, plie devant le bluff.
(p118) "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

4 " There's nothing worse than resentful masses, militias with their armbands and faux-military insignias, young people caught up in false dilemmas, squandering their passions on awful causes. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

5 " Le traité de Versailles avait interdit aux Allemands la fabrication de chars, les entreprises allemandes produisirent donc par l’intermédiaire de sociétés écrans, à l’étranger. On voit que l’ingénierie financière sert depuis toujours aux manoeuvres les plus nocives. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

6 " e never fall twice into the same abyss. But we always fall the same way, in a mixture of ridicule and dread. We so desperately want not to fall that we grapple for a handhold, screaming. With their heels they crush our fingers, with their beaks they smash our teeth and peck out our eyes. The abyss is bordered by tall mansions. And there stands History, a reasonable goddess, a frozen statue in the middle of the town square. Dried bunches of peonies are her annual tribute; her daily gratuity, bread crumbs for the birds. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

7 " It’s strange how the most dyed-in-the-wool tyrants still vaguely respect due process, as if they want to make it appear that they aren’t abusing procedure, even while riding roughshod over every convention. It’s as if power isn’t enough for them, and that they take special pleasure in forcing their enemies to perform, one last time and for their benefit, the same rituals that they are even then demolishing. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

8 " They might not give in to the demands of justice, they might not yield to an insurgent populace, but they'll always fold before a bluff. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

9 " No sorriso das jovens de Viena, nesse dia 12 de março de 1938, no meio dos gritos da multidão, no perfume fresco dos miosótis, no coração daquela alegria bizarra, de todo aquele entusiasmo, deve ter experimentado uma mágoa de trevas. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

10 " The sun is a cold star. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

11 " On ne tombe jamais deux fois dans le même abîme. Mais on tombe toujours de la même manière, dans un mélange de ridicule et d'effroi. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

12 " He said no, firmly, to the freedom of the Social Democrats. He said no, courageously,m to freedom of the press...He said no to the right to strike, no to assemblies, no to the existence of parties other than his own...And so, once his little moment of hesitation had passed... Schuschnigg the intransigent, Mr. No, negation made dictator. turned toward Germany and, with a strangled voice, red snout and moist eye, uttered a feeble "yes. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

13 " He said no, firmly, to the freedom of the Social Democrats. He said no, courageously, to freedom of the press...He said no to the right to strike, no to assemblies, no to the existence of parties other than his own...And so, once his little moment of hesitation had passed... Schuschnigg the intransigent, Mr. No, negation made dictator. turned toward Germany and, with a strangled voice, red snout and moist eye, uttered a feeble "yes. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

14 " Si l'on soulève les haillons hideux de l'Histoire, on trouve cela: la hiérarchie contre légalité et l'ordre contre la liberté.
(p127) "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

15 " Political maneuvering tramples facts. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

16 " La vraie pensee est toujours secrete, depuis l'origine du monde. On pense par apocope, en apnee. Dessous, la vie s'ecoule comme une seve, lente, souterraine. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

17 " A motor is a sublime thing, a real miracle if you think about it.A bit of fuel, a spark [...] But in fact it's only simple on paper, and when it stops working, what a hassle! None of it makes any sense. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

18 " In the grand scheme of business, partisan struggles didn't amount to much. Politicians and industrialists routinely dealt with each other. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

19 " É tamanha a arte da narrativa que nada é inocente. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour

20 " Tratado de Versalhes proibira aos alemães o fabrico de tanques, as empresas alemãs produziram-nos pois no estrangeiro, por intermédio de sociedades-sombra. Já por aqui se vê que a engenharia financeira tem servido desde sempre para as manobras mais nocivas. "

― Éric Vuillard , L'Ordre du jour