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

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Many thanks to Jeff Graf. This request has now been satisfied, and I
will create an entry for the Quote Investigator website in the coming
week(s).
Garson

On Sun, Apr 16, 2017 at 1:21 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
> issues (or the 1970 reprints of the early issues) and you wish to help
> please contact me off list. The goal is to obtain a precise citation
> and scans showing the quotation and metadata.
>
> The data provided by Google Books is inexact and sometimes inaccurate;
> hence, it is extremely valuable to communicate directly with a
> librarian or colleague who has the target journal. Together we can
> overcome obstacles.
>
> 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]
>
> With appreciation
> Garson O'Toole
> QuoteInvestigator.com

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