[Ads-l] Quote: Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The remark in the subject line of this message has been attributed to
Jean-Paul Sartre. The quotation probably appeared in French in the
first issue of Sartre's journal "Les Temps Modernes". The text below
was extracted from Google Books. If you have access to the early
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Year: 1945
Periodical: Les Temps Modernes
Editor: Jean-Paul Sartre.
Issue: Uncertain; Range 1-6; possibly in first issue
Quote Page 5 (GB)
Database: Google Books Snippet; should be verified with hardcopy

https://books.google.com/books?id=PjsQAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22silence+aussi%22

[Begin extracted text]
L'écrivain est en situation dans son époque: chaque parole a des
retentissements. Chaque silence aussi. Je tiens Flaubert et Goncourt
pour responsables de la répression qui suivit la Commune parce qu'ils
n'ont pas écrit une ligne pour l'empêcher. Ce n'était, pas leur
affaire, dira-t-on. Mais le procès de Calas, était-ce l'affaire de
Voltaire?
[End extracted text]

Here is a translation from the 2004 book "Camus and Sartre: The Story
of a Friendship and the Quarrel that Ended It" by Ronald Aronson.

[Begin excerpt]
Every word has consequences. Every silence, too. I hold Flaubert and
Goncourt responsible for the repression which followed the Commune
because they did not write one line to prevent it. One might say that
it was not their business. But was the Calas trial Voltaire's
business?
[End excerpt]

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Garson O'Toole
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