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Emmett Tyrrell is an American author born on December 14, 1943. He is known for his conservative political commentary and column writing, focusing on political, social, and cultural issues.

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“Women's liberationists spread the word that the only peaceful family is one in which either the wife is enslaved or the husband is androgynous.”

Family Wife Husband Spread Peaceful Androgynous

Author:Emmett Tyrrell

“The Democratic party today is not so much a political party as a milling herd, and the herd is easily stampeded.”

Today Political Party Democratic Political Parties American Politics Democratic Party Herds

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“Those who believe patriotism to be the last refuge of the scoundrel have underestimated compassion.”

Believe Lasts Compassion Refuge Scoundrels Underestimated

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“In England "The Day After," though unpopular with viewers, seems to have confirmed the average Englishman's mindless prejudice against Kansas. Shortly after the film portrayed that state being turned into an overused barbecue pit by nuclear weapons, support for British nuclear weapons rose a full percentage point.”

States Seems Film Support Weapons Prejudice England Rose Average British Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Viewers Percentages Pits Englishmen Mindless Kansas Barbecue Overused

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“For the most part neoconservatives are people who were once liberals but sobered up. The neoliberal is one who has always been a liberal but now replaces the sentimental pieties with brusque slogans ("High-Tech!") and unpronounceable programs. All else stays the same.”

People Program Sentimental Slogans Piety

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“Mrs. Thatcher responded to our liberation of Grenada with the sounds of a somewhat hypersensitive Neville Chamberlain.”

War Peace Sound Liberation Chamberlain Mrs Thatcher Grenada

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“Popular journalists resort to the name Nixon to galvanize feelings that remain at rest even when the name Stalin is mentioned.”

Feelings Names Media Journalist Resorts

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“Although millions of Americans purr with pastel delusions of Mohandas K. Gandhi, those who actually live in the scrawny crank's homeland struggle to throw off the painful aftermath of his quackery.”

Home Millions Struggle Travel Painful Delusion Homeland Aftermath Crank Pastel Quackery

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“One is more admired for claiming to do good than for proving to be right.”

Prove

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“[A]n Obama presidency would be an amusing approximation of the Carter administration, complete with vaporous moralizing and foreign policy bungling.”

Would Be Politics Policy Administration Foreign Policy Presidency Amusing Carter Approximation Moralizing

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About the Author

Born: December 14, 1943
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Quotes: 10

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