““The real saint”, Baudelaire pretends to think, “is he who flogs and kills people for their own good.” His argument will be heard. A race of real saints is beginning to spread over the earth for the purposes of confirming these curious conclusions about rebellion.”

— Albert Camus , book The Rebel

The Rebel (1951)

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French author and journalist 1913–1960

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