Quote by Alexander Herzen
Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more ar

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it. – Alexander Herzen

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I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought. – Alexander Herzen

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It is possible to lead astray an entire generation, to strike it blind, to drive it insane, to direct it towards a false goal. Napoleon proved this. – Alexander Herzen

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Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of generations, peoples, of entire planets, has no importance in relation to the general development. – Alexander Herzen

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A liberal man is too broad-minded to take his own side in a quarrel. – Robert Frost

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A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal. – Proverb

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Liberalism, above all, means emancipation — emancipation from ones fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination… from poverty. – Hubert Humphrey

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Ultraliberalism today translates into a whimpering isolationism in foreign policy, a mulish obstructionism in domestic policy, and a pusillanimous pussyfooting on the critical issue of law and order. – Spiro T. Agnew

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