"The intellectual's duty is to speak out against injustice, even when it is unpopular or dangerous."

"Much as I have no wish to hurt anyone's feelings, my first obligation has not been to be nice but to be true to my perhaps peculiar memories, experiences and feelings."

"Orientalism is a style of thought based upon an ontological and epistemological distinction made between 'the Orient' and (most of the time) 'the Occident.'"

"The intellectual must be an exile, an outcast, a marginal figure."

"The Israeli occupation is a form of apartheid."