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"The bubble is now all teargas. Students are assembling… Professors are reassessing their morals."
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The awakened faculty "changes sides, in the name of humanity, learning, and all its corollaries. At heart, many of them are only hostages, conscious and split. Teaching is a dangerous trade."
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"The government doesn't know if it's better to [re]open the Sorbonne or to continue the beating which is sharpening the conscience of those listening on their radios.… But the main argument is that power must not be seen to give into determined action, or authority is shaken."