"For me, poetry is a situation – a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history." ― Tahar Ben Jelloun Topic(s): History More From Tahar Ben Jelloun "Intellectuals try to keep going. But their situation is very difficult. Those who have had the courage to voice their opposition have often paid a very high price." "New ideas should confront old ideas. We must refer to the example of Europe. People have fought to make Europe what it is today. Freedom is not something that is served up on a plate." "Beauty is first and foremost an emotion." More In History "It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody."― Richard M. Nixon "Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics?"― Pat Robertson "Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism."― Benito Mussolini