Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear.

It is a kind of spiritual snobbery that makes people think they can be happy without money.

Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.

Without freedom, no art art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.

Without culture, and the relative freedom it implies, society, even when perfect, is but a jungle. This is why any authentic creation is a gift to the future.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

Don't walk behind me I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.