"The Orient was not (and is not) a free subject of thought or action."

"The West has always seen the East as inferior."

"Much as I have no wish to hurt anyone's feelings, my first obligation has not been to be nice but to be true to my perhaps peculiar memories, experiences and feelings."

"The university should be a place of critical inquiry, of intellectual freedom, of social responsibility."

"The intellectual's responsibility is to be conscious of the political and social implications of his or her work."