The oblivion, and I'll say even the historical error, are a key factor in the creation of a nation, to the extent that the progress of historical studies is often a danger to nationality.
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Ernest Renan
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L'Islam et la science
L'Islamisme et la science
Qu'est-ce qu'une nation?
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The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.
Let us remember that sorrow alone is the creator of great things.
In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in the world as fact.
The greatest men of a nation are those it puts to death.
Communism is in conflict with human nature.
A nation is a body of people who have done great things together.
Man makes holy what he believes as he makes beautiful what he loves.
The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.
Woe to him who becomes useless to human progress!
Islam has been liberal when it has been weak and violent when it has been strong.