“Ideology is not the product of thought; it is the habit or the ritual of showing respect for certain formulas to which, for various reasons having to do with emotional safety, we have very strong ties of whose meaning and consequences in actuality we have no clear understanding.” IdeasReasonCertainStrongUnderstandingClearEmotionalProductsHabitConsequenceSafetyVariousIdeologyTiesRitualFormulasVery StrongActuality Book:The Liberal Imagination Source: The Liberal Imagination
“There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.” IdeasPoliticalImaginationClassConnectionsEducated Book:The Liberal Imagination Source: The Liberal Imagination
“We are all ill; but even a universal sickness implies an idea of health.” IdeasUniversalIllSickness Author:Lionel Trilling
