"The Marxist combination of materialism and determinism is fatally anti-humanistic. It denies a consciousness, a mind, that is independent of material conditions and class relations. It denies a will and volition that are capable of shaping the course of history. It denies an individuality that is not reducible to class. It denies both the idea and the reality of freedom, a freedom that is something more than the "bourgeois" freedom to buy and sell. It denies a morality that transcends class interests. And it denies the spirituality of man."

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Source : Gertrude Himmelfarb (1995). “On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society”, Vintage

Gertrude Himmelfarb

#Freedom Quotes #Independent Quotes #Reality Quotes

“The most dangerous diminutions of freedom come from those who are convinced of their moral rectitude.”

Source : FOX "Freedom Watch" with Judge Andrew Napolitano, April 29, 2009.
“Every day you've got running shoes on, it's a good day.”
“To see color as form means looking at the image in a new way, trying to free oneself from absorption in subject matter.”
“He needs to have a strong heart, because critics don't have a heart.”
“I didn't fall in love with acting until I did a few films. Now, I couldn't live without it.”
“Everyone needs help from everyone.”
“But if so great a power is shown to have followed and to be still following the dispensation of His suffering, how great shall that be which shall follow His glorious advent! For He shall come on the clouds as the Son of man, so Daniel foretold, and His angels shall come with Him.”

Source : Justin Martyr, Aeterna Press (2016). “Dialogue of Justin With a Jew”, p.37, Aeterna Press
“The Federal Reserve is no more federal than Federal Express,”

Source : "America: Freedom to Fascism", www.imdb.com. 2006.

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