A living man can be enslaved and reduced to the historic condition of an object. But if he dies in refusing to be enslaved, he reaffirms the existence of another kind of human nature which refuses to be classified as an object.[On peut asservir un homme vivant et le réduire à l’état historique de chose. Mais s’il meurt en refusant, il réaffirme une nature humaine qui rejette l’ordre des choses.]

Source:(Vintage, ed. 1956), Part III. Historical Rebellion, Chapter 5. State Terrorism and Rational Terror, Section 5. Totality and Trials, Page 238
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