André Malraux quote about dignity from Man's Fate - all that men are willing to die for, beyond self-interest, tends more or less obscurely to justify that fate by giving it a foundation in dignity: Christianity for the slave, the nation for the citizen, Communism for the worker.
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“ all that men are willing to die for, beyond self-interest, tends more or less obscurely to justify that fate by giving it a foundation in dignity: Christianity for the slave, the nation for the citizen, Communism for the worker. ”
 André Malraux, Man's Fate (1933). copy citation

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Author André Malraux
Source Man's Fate
Topic dignity risk justification
Date 1933
Language English
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Note Translated by Haakon Chevalier
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“tout ce pourquoi les hommes acceptent de se faire tuer, au delà de l'intérêt, tend plus ou moins confusément à justifier cette condition en la fondant en dignité : christianisme pour l'esclavage, nation pour le citoyen, communisme pour...” André Malraux, La Condition humaine

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André Malraux quote about dignity from Man's Fate - all that men are willing to die for, beyond self-interest, tends more or less obscurely to justify that fate by giving it a foundation in dignity: Christianity for the slave, the nation for the citizen, Communism for the worker.
André Malraux quote about dignity from Man's Fate - all that men are willing to die for, beyond self-interest, tends more or less obscurely to justify that fate by giving it a foundation in dignity: Christianity for the slave, the nation for the citizen, Communism for the worker.