“Admitting inequality means subscribing to a depravity of the species.”

— François-Noël Babeuf

Admettre l'inégalité, c'est souscrire à une dépravation de l'espèce.
[in Gracchus Babeuf avec les Égaux, Jean-Marc Shiappa, Les éditions ouvrières, 1991, 44, 27082 2892-7]
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Admettre l'inégalité, c'est souscrire à une dépravation de l'espèce.

Sur la femme

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