French - Philosopher | November 7, 1913 - January 4, 1960
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.
Albert Camus
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You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.
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Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.
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The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.
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To cut short the question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate only between two individuals of whom one is absolutely innocent, and the other absolutely guilty. The victim, to be sure, is innocent. But can the society that is supposed to represent the victim lay claim to innocence?
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Against eternal injustice, man must assert justice, and to protest against the universe of grief, he must create happiness.
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Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.
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Rebellion cannot exist without the feeling that somewhere, in some way, you are justified.
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The modern mind is in complete disarray. Knowledge has stretched itself to the point where neither the world nor our intelligence can find any foot-hold. It is a fact that we are suffering from nihilism.
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Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.
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We are all special cases.
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Some people talk in their sleep. Lecturers talk while other people sleep.
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