“His was an exceptional destiny in this century”, “a humanist with a global outlook, certainly, but irreducibly French in his battles for freedom, equality, emancipation and also fraternity with all peoples deprived of their rights”, said the head of state in front of a large smiling portrait of the philosopher.
“For him, truth never came from a single side, a single dogma. Commitment could not mean falling into line, and the future was destined for chaos if we gave in to despair or to inaction,” he added.
