“The slave begins by demanding justice and ends by wanting to wear a crown.”

“To feel absolutely right is the beginning of the end.”

“There are means that cannot be excused. And I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. I don't want just any greatness for it, particularly a greatness born of blood and falsehood. I want to keep it alive by keeping justice alive.”

“The realization that life is absurd cannot be an end, but only a beginning.”

“They hurt each other without wanting to, just because each represented to the others the cruel and demanding necessity of their lives.”

“Je suis pour la justice, mais je choisirais ma mère avant la justice.”

“But when a man has had only four hours' sleep he isn't sentimental. He sees things as they are: that is to say, he sees them in the garish light of justice; hideous, witless justice.”