In my case, as in so many others, allegiance to socialism at first appeared to be primarily the articulation of a feeling of moral protest against remediable evils that surrounded us. ..... In short, our socialism was an ersaltz religion in that we lived in its lifht, were buoyed up by its promise, an prepared to make sacrifices for it.
――千葉大学 後期日程/法経学部(2月25日実施)――2004年