--- title: "7 Claims Quotes By Albert Camus" description: "7 Claims quotes by Albert Camus. Plus more from Albert Camus and more Claims sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/albert-camus-47_better_man-has-an-idea-of-a-better-world-than-t_45452.jpg" --- > [... man has an idea of a better world than this. But better does not mean different, it means unified... Religion or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/man-has-an-idea-of-a-better-world-than-this-but-better-does-not-mean/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec3/albert-camus-47_better_man-has-an-idea-of-a-better-world-than-t_45452.jpg) > [To cut short this question of the law of retaliation, we must note that even in its primitive form it can operate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/to-cut-short-this-question-of-the-law-of-retaliation-we-must-note/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/142/albert-camus-47_claims_to-cut-short-this-question-of-the-law-of_142449.jpg) > [For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/for-centuries-the-death-penalty-often-accompanied-by-barbarous/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/989/albert-camus-47_claims_for-centuries-the-death-penalty-often-ac_426585.jpg) > [Metaphysical rebellion is a claim, motivated by the concept of a complete unity, against the suffering of life and death and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/metaphysical-rebellion-is-a-claim-motivated-by-the-concept-of-a/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/albert-camus-47_claims_metaphysical-rebellion-is-a-claim-motiva_974501.jpg) > [On the whole, men are more good than bad; that, however, isn't the real point. But they are more or less ignorant,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/on-the-whole-men-are-more-good-than-bad-that-however-isn-t-the-real/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/924/albert-camus-47_blind_on-the-whole-men-are-more-good-than-bad_2172187.jpg) > [If absolute truth belongs to anyone in this world, it certainly does not belong to the man or party that claims to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/if-absolute-truth-belongs-to-anyone-in-this-world-it-certainly-does/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49a/albert-camus-47_absolute_if-absolute-truth-belongs-to-anyone-in-t_2483808.jpg) > [None of the evils which totalitarianism ... claims to remedy is worse than totalitarianism itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/none-of-the-evils-which-totalitarianism-claims-to-remedy-is-worse/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fa/albert-camus-47_claims_none-of-the-evils-which-totalitarianism_3077825.jpg) ## Other authors on Claims ## More by Albert Camus > [“The whole town rushed outside to celebrate this crowded minute when the time of suffering had ended and the time of forgetting had not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-whole-town-rushed-outside-to-celebrate-this-crowded-minute-when/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Generally, I like all islands. There, it is easier to rule.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/generally-i-like-all-islands-there-it-is-easier-to-rule/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Being is good, but getting rich is better… If the gods had only the riches of men's adoration, they would be as poor as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/being-is-good-but-getting-rich-is-better-if-the-gods-had-only-the/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The more I produce, the less I am certain. On the road along which the artist walks, night falls ever more densely. Finally, he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-more-i-produce-the-less-i-am-certain-on-the-road-along-which-the/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“Having been, not only mutilated in our country, wounded in our very flesh, but also divested of our most beautiful images, for you gave…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/having-been-not-only-mutilated-in-our-country-wounded-in-our-very/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-ve-seen-of-enough-of-people-who-die-for-an-idea-i-don-t-believe-in/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The best are led to make greater demands upon themselves. As for those who succumb, they did not deserve to survive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-best-are-led-to-make-greater-demands-upon-themselves-as-for-those/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“Then he asked me if I wasn’t interested in a change of life. I said that people never change their lives, that in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/then-he-asked-me-if-i-wasn-t-interested-in-a-change-of-life-i-said/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Life is meaningless, but worth living, provided you recognize it's meaningless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/life-is-meaningless-but-worth-living-provided-you-recognize-it-s/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/thinking-of-the-future-establishing-aims-for-oneself-having/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [I explained to him, however, that my nature was such that my physical needs often got in the way of my feelings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/i-explained-to-him-however-that-my-nature-was-such-that-my-physical/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-only-way-to-deal-with-an-unfree-world-is-to-become-so-absolutely/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [“We love people not because for good they did for us, but for good we did for them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/we-love-people-not-because-for-good-they-did-for-us-but-for-good-we/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [You have so much inside you, and the noblest happiness of all. Don’t just wait for a man to come along. That’s the mistake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/you-have-so-much-inside-you-and-the-noblest-happiness-of-all-don-t/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) > [The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/the-desire-for-possession-is-insatiable-to-such-a-point-that-it-can/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/claims/albert-camus/#itemlist", "name": "7 Claims Quotes By Albert Camus", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "... man has an idea of a better world than this. But better does not mean different, it means unified... 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