'The relief was obvious, and not only among the bouquinistes, who had threatened legal action and barricades before their stalls, but also among cultured, romantic and intellectual Parisians, some of whom signed an opinion column defending the booksellers in Le Monde last August. It began with a citation from Albert Camus: “Everything that degrades culture shortens the paths that lead to servitude.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/14/world/europe/paris-olympics-booksellers.html