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Quote by Lionel Trilling
Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which th

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

Other quotes by 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

Category:
Equality
Author
Lionel Trilling
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We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian. – Lionel Trilling

Category:
Paradise, Utopia
Author
Lionel Trilling
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Other Quotes from
legal
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I have been committed to carrying out my duties… in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct. – Samuel Alito

Category:
legal

Fifty percent of our country that we own, have all legal jurisdiction, have all rights to do whatever we want, lies beneath the sea and we have better maps of Mars than that 50 percent. – Robert Ballard

Category:
legal

I support making sure that there are legal protects for everyone. – Debbie Stabenow

Category:
legal

In this life and death case, I felt Mrs. Schiavo should receive the fullest due process from our legal system. – Paul Gillmor

Category:
legal

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Category:
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Category:
work

So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends. – David Strathairn

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positive