Status Updates From The Ethics of Ambiguity

"But an action which wants to serve man ought to be careful not to forget him along the way; if it chooses to fulfill itself blindly, it will lose its meaning or will take on an unforeseen meaning; for the goal is not fixed once and for all; it is defined all along the road which leads to it."

"But a democracy which defends itself only by acts of oppression equivalent to those of authoritarian regimes, is precisely denying all these values; whaterever the virtues of a civilization may be, it immediately belies them if it buys them by means of injustice and tyranny."