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Dwight Macdonald was an American writer and critic renowned for his literary and cultural criticism. Born on March 24, 1906, and deceased on December 19, 1982, Macdonald was a significant figure in the intellectual landscape of the mid-20th century. His insightful analyses and thought-provoking essays made a substantial contribution to magazines and journals.

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“We must learn to live with contradictions, to have faith in skepticism, to advance toward the solution of a problem by admitting as a possibility that it may be insoluble.”

Humility Skepticism

Book:The Root Is Man

Source: The Root Is Man

“I now see Norman Thomas as indeed a liberal, but as a real, old-fashioned, unreconstructed liberal who believes in freedom and justice for everybody.”

Believe Real Justice Old Fashioned

Book:Discriminations: Essays & Afterthoughts

Source: Discriminations: Essays & Afterthoughts

“The Anarchists' uncompromising rejection of the State, the subject of Marxian sneers for its "absolutist" and "Utopian" character, makes much better sense in the present era than the Marxist relativist and historical approach. The pacifists also seem to be more realistic than the Marxist both in their understanding of modern war and also in their attempts to do something about it.”

Source: Root is man: progressivism vrs. radicalism

“By 'socialism' I mean a classless society in which the State has disappeared, production is cooperative, and no man has political or economic power over another. The touchstone would be the extent to which each individual could develop his own talents and personality.”

Men Mean States Would Be Political Individual Economic Talent Personality Productions Socialism Cooperatives Touchstones Economic Power Classless Society

Book:The Root is Man: Two Essays in Politics

Source: The Root is Man: Two Essays in Politics

“Pacifism, to me, is primarily a way of actively struggling against injustice and inhumanity; My kind of pacifism may be called "non-violent resistance".”

Way Kind May Struggle Injustice Violent Resistance Inhumanity Pacifism Non Violent Non Violent Resistance

Author:Dwight Macdonald

“One cannot demand that anybody be a hero, though one can hope for it.”

Author:Dwight Macdonald

“Paul Newman is simply not an actor and possibly not even alive; seems to be carved from wood, his movements stiff and jerky as a marionette, his one expression an agonized grimace as of wood trying to smile.”

Actors Simple Alive Scorn Newman

Author:Dwight Macdonald

“Conversation means being able to disagree and still continue the discussion”

Mean Stills Able Conversation Discussion Disagree

Author:Dwight Macdonald

“A foundation is a large amount of money completely surrounded by people who want some.”

People Want Amount Foundation

Author:Dwight Macdonald

About the Author

Born: March 24, 1906
Died: December 19, 1982
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 9

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