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Quote by Mary McCarthy
In violence we forget who we are. - Mary McCarthy

In violence we forget who we are. – Mary McCarthy

Other quotes by Mary McCarthy

In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons. – Mary McCarthy

Category:
Politics
Author
Mary McCarthy
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Anti-Semitism is a horrible disease from which nobody is immune, and it has a kind of evil fascination that makes an enlightened person draw near the source of infection, supposedly in a scientific spirit, but really to sniff the vapors and dally with the possibility. – Mary McCarthy

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Racism
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Mary McCarthy
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Other Quotes from
Violence
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I object to violence because, when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. – Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948), in Young India, 1925

Category:
Violence

The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation and appeal in domestic affairs, specifically in the matter of revolution. – Hannah Arendt

Category:
Violence

Play allows us to develop alternatives to violence and despair…. – Stuart Brown

Category:
Violence

Violence was almost an aphrodisiac for me. – Woody Harrelson

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Violence

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Category:
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The good old times — all times when old are good. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

Category:
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Let us have peace. – Ulysses S. Grant

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