"The Israeli occupation is a form of apartheid."

"The West has a long history of misrepresenting the East, of constructing it as an exotic, irrational, and inferior other."

"The intellectual is someone who cares about the truth, and not about his own career."

"The intellectual must always be in opposition, never in complicity."

"The intellectual is someone who is always trying to make the world a better place, even if it is a losing battle."