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

There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination. – Lionel Trilling

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

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Obscurity
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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

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Equality
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Other Quotes from
legal
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Every non-political human grouping of whatever kind, legal, social, religious, economic or other becomes at last political if it creates an opposition deep enough to range men against one another as enemies. – Francis Parker Yockey

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legal

Im trusting in the Lord and a good lawyer. – Oliver North

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legal

Its impossible to walk a block in Miami, in Los Angeles, San Antonio without running into someone who is being deeply impacted by a broken legal immigration system. – Marco Rubio

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legal

I feel like there was justice. It was served through the legal system you know. Everything that I endured. It was all worth it. – Amber Frey

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legal

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