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«Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.»
Author: Henry Steele Commager
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authority, criticism, equate, equated, our policy, patriotism, policies, subversive, this policy
«The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.»
Author: Henry Steele Commager
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Censorship
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censorship, defeats, discretion, exercising
«Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.»
«History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it -- as with these -- life would be poorer and meaner; without it we should be denied some of those intellectual and moral experiences which give meaning and richness to life. Surely it is no accident that the study of history has been the solace of many of the noblest minds of every generation.»
Author: Henry Steele Commager
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assert, confidently, history of art, history of music, meaner, moral philosophy, noble-minded, noblest, poorer, richness, solace, solaced, solaces
«It's awfully hard to be the son of a great man and also of a half-crazy woman.»
Author: Henry Steele Commager
«A free society cherishes nonconformity. It knows that from the non-conformist, from the eccentric, have come many of the great ideas of freedom. Free society must fertilize the soil in which non-conformity and dissent and individualism can grow.»
Author: Henry Steele Commager
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Dissent
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