Lionel Trilling's Quote - We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of st

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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

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

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