We are all ill: but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health. – Lionel Trilling
There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination. – Lionel Trilling

We are all ill: but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health. – Lionel Trilling
There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination. – Lionel Trilling
We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us. – Lionel Trilling
Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process. – Lionel Trilling
Mistakes, scandals, and failures no longer signal catastrophe. The crucial thing is that they be made credible, and that the public be made aware of the efforts being expended in that direction. The marketing immunity of governments is similar to that of the major brands of washing powder. – Jean Baudrillard