Wednesday, February 19, 2003
�Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.�
- Mary McCarthy (1912 � 1989), American author and critic: �The Contagion of Ideas�, speech, 1952, published in �On the Contrary�, 1961.
�The liberals can understand everything but people who don�t understand them.�
- Lenny Bruce (1925 � 1966), American satirical comedian: �Politics� in �The Essential Lenny Bruce�, edited John Cohen, 1967.
�The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that the humiliation is seen by everyone.�
- Milan Kundera (b. 1929), Czech-born French author and critic: �Immortality�, 1991.
�In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.�
- J. William Fulbright (1905 � 1995), American Democratic politician: of the Fulbright scholarship program in the �New York Times�, June 26, 1986.
- Mary McCarthy (1912 � 1989), American author and critic: �The Contagion of Ideas�, speech, 1952, published in �On the Contrary�, 1961.
�The liberals can understand everything but people who don�t understand them.�
- Lenny Bruce (1925 � 1966), American satirical comedian: �Politics� in �The Essential Lenny Bruce�, edited John Cohen, 1967.
�The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are without any choice in the matter, and that the humiliation is seen by everyone.�
- Milan Kundera (b. 1929), Czech-born French author and critic: �Immortality�, 1991.
�In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.�
- J. William Fulbright (1905 � 1995), American Democratic politician: of the Fulbright scholarship program in the �New York Times�, June 26, 1986.
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