"Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted."

"There are too many idiots in this world. And having said it, I have the burden of proving it."

"The well-known principle that all men are equal will be illustrated in the colonies from the moment that the colonized subject asserts he is the equal of the colonist."

"Each generation must discover its mission, fulfill it or betray it, in relative opacity."

"The colonized world is a world divided in two."