"So when philosophy examines politics it cannot, to begin with, be along the line of pure #freedom, and certainly not a freedom of opinions. It deals with the question, what could be the political #truth? Or, what is politics when it obeys the following two principles; first, compatibility with the philosophical principle of the #equality of minds; second, compatibility with the philosophical principle of the subordination of the validity of opinions to #universality of #truths. So equality and universality are the characteristics of valid politics in the field of philosophy."

- Alain #Badiou - #Democracy, #Politics and #Philosophy