Oppression has never anywhere

Oppression has never, anywhere, succeeded in suppressing the eternal desire of people to live as free men.

No imperialist power has succeeded in keeping other people in colonial subjection for long.

Even if it takes a long time to do so. No imperialist power has succeeded in keeping other people in colonial subjection for long.

Mix freely with people who have helped you in periods of crisis. Never hesitate to dine with them, irrespective of their social status.

It seems to me that nowadays the spirit of harmony is increasing, that our desire to live together calmly is growing stronger and stronger.

The trouble with desire is that it is a blind desire and can only give temporary satisfaction.

At the moment of desire, everything seems agreeable and desirable. One sees no obstacle to it, no reason for restraint. But then everything changes with possession. Once the desire disappears, we no longer look at the other in the same way.