Oppression tries to defend itself by its utility. But we have seen that it is one of the lies of the serious mind to attempt to give the word "useful" an absolute meaning; nothing is useful if it is not useful to man; nothing is useful to man if the latter is not in a position to define his own ends and values, if he is not free.
Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity
En ocasión de la defensa de los maestros y maestras en el natalicio de Simone de Beauvoir.