"A man thinks he is dying for his country," said Anatole France, "but he is dying for a few industrialists." But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.


p. 224 - Simone Weil : An Anthology (1986) - The Power of Words (1937)

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A man thinks he is dying for his country, said Anatole France, but he is dying for a few industrialists. But even that is saying too much. What one...

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A man thinks he is dying for his country, said Anatole France, but he is dying for a few industrialists. But even that is saying too much. What one...

A man thinks he is dying for his country, said Anatole France, but he is dying for a few industrialists. But even that is saying too much. What one...