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I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity.
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tags: change-the-world, world, poetry, change

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I liked Sartre's views but not his writing.
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tags: views, liked, his, writing
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.
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tags: new, people, freedom, today
This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue.
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tags: tongue, universe, words, mother
My hope is that countries like Morocco will have investment to create work, so people don't have to leave.
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tags: will, people, hope, work
The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
— Tahar Ben Jelloun
Tags: men, power, people, women
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