« "It was perfectly understood, long before George Orwell, that memory had to be suppressed. And not only the memory, but also the awareness of what is happening before our eyes, because if the population understands what we are doing on their behalf, it is likely that they will not allow it." »

« Intellectuals have a problem: they have to justify their existence. But there is little about the world that is understood. Most of the things that are understood, apart from perhaps certain areas of physics, can be expressed with very simple words and very short sentences. But if you do that, you don't become famous.... people don't revere your writings. This is a challenge for intellectuals. It will be a matter of taking what is rather simple and making it look very complicated and very deep. Intellectuals interact like this. They talk to each other, and the rest of the world is supposed to admire them, treat them with respect, etc. But translate what they say into plain language, and you will often find either nothing at all, or truisms, or absurdities. »

« To be somewhat civilized, we would have to say: -We have committed heinous crimes and we have taken advantage of them. Much of France's wealth comes from the crimes it committed against Haiti and the United States has also become richer. So we're going to pay reparations to the Haitian people. - We will then see the beginnings of civilization »