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“The humanitarian in theory is the terrorist in action”. –Isabel Paterson

“Criticism is twofold: that which teaches us what we are to choose, and that which teaches us what to avoid”. –Lucian

“Like water, blood must run or grow scum”. –John Updike

“I am a Liberal, yet I am a Liberal tempered by experience, reflexion, and renouncement, and I am, above all, a believer in culture”. –Matthew Arnold

“Writers are idolized not because they love their fellow men, which is never a recommendation and in extreme instances leads to crucifixion, but because their self-love is in tune with current fears and desires, and in giving it expression they are speaking for an inarticulate multitude”. –Hugh Kingsmill

“I think everybody who has a brain should get involved in politics; working within, not criticizing it from the outside. Become an active participant, no matter how feeble you think the effort is”. –Cass Elliot

“The test of democracy is freedom of criticism”. –David Ben-Gurion