„In certain intellectual circles in France, the very basis for discussion—a minimal respect for facts and logic—has been virtually abandoned.“

— Noam Chomsky
„In this country intellectual cowardice is the worst enemy a writer or journalist has to face, and that fact does not seem to me to have had the discussion it deserves.“
— George Orwell
„The spiral is a spiritualized circle. In the spiral form, the circle, uncoiled, has ceased to be vicious; it has been set free.“
— Vladimir Nabokov