Quotes from J'accuse...! — Émile Zola
1840–1902 France
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The first court martial was perhaps unintelligent; the second one is inescapably criminal.
J'accuse...! (1898)
Meanwhile, in Paris, truth was marching on, inevitably, and we know how the long-awaited storm broke.
J'accuse...! (1898)
And now we come to the Esterhazy case. Three years have passed, many consciences remain profoundly troubled, become anxious, investigate, and wind up convinced that Dreyfus is innocent.
J'accuse...! (1898)
Lt. Colonel Picquart had carried out his duty as an honest man.
J'accuse...! (1898)
It came down, once again, to the General Staff protecting itself, not wanting to admit its crime, an abomination that has been growing by the minute.
J'accuse...! (1898)
We have before us the ignoble spectacle of men who are sunken in debts and crimes being hailed as innocent, whereas the honor of a man whose life is spotless is being vilely attacked: A society that sinks to that level has fallen into decay.
J'accuse...! (1898)