"If liberalism has grown so weak and ineffective, why does it evoke such alarm on the part of conservatives? It turns out that while liberals are weak and spineless, they are also sneaky and clever."

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Source : Eric Alterman (2008). “Why We're Liberals: A Handbook for Restoring America's Most Important Ideals”, p.17, Penguin

Eric Alterman

#Clever Quotes #Alarms Quotes #Doe Quotes

“If there was no other motive in view [except] to have the privilege of reading over our journals and for our children to read, it would pay for the time spent in writing it.”
“It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.”
“History is the great propagator of doubt.”
“I don't know where I learned elephants like their tongues slapped. Whatever turns you on.”
“Maybe there's something about the outsiderness of being Jewish that makes for a fiery feminist type.”
“I already accepted that I relate to nothing. The more I gain, the more lonely it is I know I'm like a ghost.”
“I'm not very much of a reader really, because I find much of it very bad, very uninteresting, very speculative.”
“It's hard to see how anyone can fail to care about innocent children and animals being blown up by landmines.”

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