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The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless;

The spirit of our American radicalism is destructive and aimless; it is not loving; it has no ulterior and divine ends; but is destructive only out of hatred and selfishness. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue. – Robin G. Collingwood

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Railing and praising were his usual themes; and both showed his judgment in extremes. Either over violent or over civil, so everyone to him was either god or devil. – John Dryden

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