Citations de ses ouvrages, Pour en finir avec le Moyen Âge, 1977
“Forcer les enfants à ingurgiter de la bouffe : un viol autorisé.”
Rompre le charme (2012)
Citations similaires

“La mort respirait de grandes bouffées de vide.”
Corps et biens, 1930
“En gagnant ici, j'ai de quoi bouffer pendant deux ans.”

That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others.
en
De la liberté

extrait de l'ouvrage Les moins de 16 ans, de Gabriel Matzneff, 1974
Propos polémiques de l'auteur

À propos de la dictature des colonels
Millions of Jewish or Arab children are, for the sake of dogma, subjected to circumcision, as infants or at an advanced age. Such cruelty is only possible with the total denial of the child's sensibility. But who can seriously say today that a child does not feel? In India, millions of girls have been raped as brides and this in the name of the religiously sanctioned doctrine of marriage. Countless initiation rites, condoned by religion, are nothing more than the sadistic mistreatment of children
en
Articles et interviews

“Je suis certain qu'il n'y a pas eu tentative de viol.”
Jean-François Kahn à propos de l' affaire Dominique Strauss-Kahn