Quote by Terry Eagleton
One side-effect of the so-called war on terror has been a crisis o

One side-effect of the so-called war on terror has been a crisis of liberalism. This is not only a question of alarmingly illiberal legislation, but a more general problem of how the liberal state deals with its anti-liberal enemies. – Terry Eagleton

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The German philosopher Walter Benjamin had the curious notion that we could change the past. For most of us, the past is fixed while the future is open. – Terry Eagleton

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Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm. – Terry Eagleton

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Dawkins considers that all faith is blind faith, and that Christian and Muslim children are brought up to believe unquestioningly. Not even the dim-witted clerics who knocked me about at grammar school thought that. – Terry Eagleton

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No more war! Never again war! If you wish to be brothers, drop your weapons. – Pope Paul VI

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The greatest crime since World War II has been U.S. foreign policy. – Ramsey Clark

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There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut. – Martin Scorsese

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