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Famous Sidney Hook Quotes
“To deny me the right to err is therefore to deny me the right to believe.”
“Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.”
“[A]nti-Semitism was rife in almost all varieties of socialism.”
“Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.”
“Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.”
“Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.”
“Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.”
“To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion.”
“In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself.”
“The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists.”
“If one shoots at a king, one must not miss.”
“Wisdom is an affair of values, and of value judgments. It is intelligent conduct of human affairs.”