There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.

From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.

Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.

In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.

Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government; they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.

Disturbances in society are never more fearful than when those who are stirring up the trouble can use the pretext of religion to mask their true designs.