"If partisanship makes us abandon intellectual honesty, if we oppose what our opponents say or do simply because they are the ones saying or doing it, we become mere political short-sellers, hoping for bad news because it's good for our ideological investment."

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Source : "When Good News Feels Bad". archive.frontpagemag.com. February 17, 2005.

Kurt Andersen

#Honesty Quotes #Political Quotes #Intellectual Quotes

“Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, - but it returneth!”

Source : 1822 'Hellas', l.34-7.
“For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.”

Source : Jeri Smith-Ready (2010). “Shade”, p.108, Simon and Schuster
“When I'm at school in the city, I don't feel particularly worldly or wise. It's only when I come back home that I remember exactly why I left.”
“Try to look at your weakness and convert it into your strength. That's success.”
“If there is a serious outbreak in the UK I doubt voters will risk a Labour government. Time to get serious... Look at Diane Abbott's irresponsible comments on Ebola patients, Mili's open border policy. No. Way.”
“The guard rails on a highway may restrict some folks from driving the way they want, but those rules mostly end up saving the lives of those other drivers who understand that living in a society means behaving in a commonly beneficial way.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm viewed as this weird, crippled character. But you got to take your lumps.”
“I like libraries. It's a comfort that knowledge can be save for so long. That what we learn can be passed on.”

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