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First Quotes by Jacques Derrida
- I was wondering myself where I am going. So I would answer you by saying, first, that I am trying, precisely, to put myself at…
- The first problem of the media is posed by what does not get translated, or even published in the dominant political languages.
- Peace is only possible when one of the warring sides takes the first step, the hazardous initiative, the risk of opening up dialogue, and decides…
- A text is not a text unless it hides from the first comer, from the first glance, the law of its composition and the rules…
- These years of the Ecole Normale were an ordeal. Nothing was handed to me on the first try.
More First Quotes
- No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once… — Hannah Arendt
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I am lucky, I'm the first to admit that. — J. J. Abrams
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement… — Aristotle