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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 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

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Paradise, Utopia
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Lionel Trilling
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Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood. – Lionel Trilling

Category:
Obscurity
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Lionel Trilling
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legal
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I love the new legal immigrants they want their kids to be safe just like I do. – Lou Barletta

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legal

The Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin has a legal right to ride in a golf cart between shots at PGA Tour events. Man, the next thing you know, theyre going to have some guy carry his clubs around for him. – Jon Stewart

Category:
legal

I contend the state ought to do its thing and provide legal rights for all couples who want to be joined together for life. The church should bless unions that it sees fit to bless, and they should be called marriages. – Tony Campolo

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legal

I worked as a lawyer as a member of the teaching staff of a technical college and then I worked principally as legal adviser to Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers Party. – Hans Frank

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legal

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Harvard Medical School, the University of South Florida and the American Psychiatric Association have all conducted studies showing that the earlier one begins gambling, the more likely it is he or she will become an addicted, problem gambler. – Spencer Bachus

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Ive accomplished a lot, but I still have more dreams that I want to achieve. – Joe Jonas

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Dreams

My mom was amazing. She believed in me and we were best friends. – Carmen Electra

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amazing

Silence is golden when you cant think of a good answer. – Muhammad Ali

Category:
good