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Quote by Lionel Trilling
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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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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Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony. – Lionel Trilling

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Humor
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If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. – Franz Boas

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I never doubted that equal rights was the right direction. Most reforms, most problems are complicated. But to me there is nothing complicated about ordinary equality. – Alice Paul

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