"The first and most basic rule is to consider social facts as things."

"A mind that questions everything, unless strong enough to bear the weight of its ignorance, risks questioning itself and being engulfed in doubt."

"The ultimate source of all values is society itself."

"The more complex a society, the more fragile its moral order."

"We do not condemn it because it is a crime, but it is a crime because we condemn it."