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We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equa

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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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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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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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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Obscurity
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In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption. – Raoul Vaneigem

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Equality

Private religious speech cant be discriminated against. It has to be treated equally with secular speech. – Samuel Alito

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Equality

I am totally against the idea that a Muslim woman should not have the same opportunities as a Muslim man to learn, to open up, to work, help shape the future. To close Islam down to a sexist approach is totally intolerable and ridiculous. Its not Islam. – King Hussein I

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Equality

In Canada, womens rights are a vital part of our effort to build a society of real equality – not just for some, but for all Canadians. A society in which women no longer encounter discrimination nor are shut out from opportunities open to others. – Paul Martin

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Equality

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What we have found in this country, and maybe were more aware of it now, is one problem that weve had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice. – Ronald Reagan

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Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it. – Edmund Hillary

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