Simone Weil Quotes on Politics
Simone Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. This page collects quotes attributed to Simone Weil on the topic of politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“Liberty, taking the word in its concrete sense, consists in the ability to choose.”
Ch. 3, Liberty -
Attributed to Simone Weil:
“To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.”
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“The Pre-War Notebook (1933-1939), published in First and Last Notebooks (1970) edited by Richard Rees”
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts : to construct and to refrain from destruction . -
“The prospects of revolution seem therefore quite restricted. For can a revolution avoid war ? It is, however, on this feeble chance that we must stake everything or abandon all hope . An advanced country will not encounter, in the case of revolution, the difficulties which in backward Russia served as a base for the barbarous regime of Stalin . But a war of any scope will give rise to others as formidable.”
Reflections on War" (1933); also in Formative Writings (2009) -
“Reflections on War" (1933); also in Formative Writings (2009)”
The prospects of revolution seem therefore quite restricted. For can a revolution avoid war ? It is, however, on this feeble chance that we must stake everything or abandon all hope . An advanced country will not encounter, in the case of revolution, the difficulties which in backward Russia served as a base for the barbarous regime of Stalin . But a war of any scope will give rise to others as fo