“In January 1898 Zola took an important part in the defense of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a French Jew unjustly accused of selling… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
“How many people live in the moment? A few? How many people live for tomorrow at the sacrifice of today?" Dreyfus opened… — Richard Doetsch Copy Share Image
“...it has always been my temperament to prefer a tiny amount of the excellent to a plenitude of the mediocre...” — Robert Harris Copy Share Image
“The preconceived opinion which they brought to the Bench was evidently this: “Dreyfus has been condemned for the crime of treason by… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
As you know, I am a novelist, and I really want to write novels. But I knew enough about the Dreyfus case… — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
“Understand this! A year ago General Billot and Generals de Boisdeffre and Gonse knew that Dreyfus was innocent, and they have kept… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
My views about the safety of Jews in the world have not been changed by the work on the Dreyfus affair or,… — Louis Begley Copy Share Image
“Saddened by the misfortune of the Jews, remembering his friendship with Christians, increasingly mannered and affected as time went on for reasons… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
The Dreyfus Affair is an exceptional case. It's true that here and there you can find some dregs of anti-Semitism, but the… — Jean-Marie Le Pen Copy Share Image
“We forgive the crimes of individuals, but not their participation in a collective crime.” — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
From my point of view, the Dreyfus affair is most interesting because it was sparked by a single cause celebre. Just one… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
“It was not, however, to these Fascist groups, numerically unimportant as they were, that the Third Republic owed its collapse. On the… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“On the summit of a desolate rock on Devil’s Island, far from the few palm trees on the shore, a small hut… — Émile Zola Copy Share Image
