Jacques Derrida

To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend.

I do everything I think possible or acceptable to escape from this trap.

My most resolute opponents believe that I am too visible, that I am a little too alive, that my name echoes too much in the texts which they nevertheless claim to be inaccessible.

Without effective protection of the citizens' right to property, it will be difficult to attract and accumulate valuable capital.

I showed that privacy was an implicit right in Jewish law, probably going back to the second or third century, when it was elaborated on in a legal way.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.