quotes

"No one is more dangerous than one who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity. by definition is unassailable"
- James Baldwin (1924 - 1987) Notes of a native son, 1955

"It is part of the moral tragedy with which we are dealing that words like "democracy," "freedom," "rights," and "justice," which have so often inspired heroism and have led men to give their lives for things which make life worthwhile, can also become a trap, the means of destroying the very things men desire to uphold."
- Sir Norman Angell (1874 - 1967)

"When faced with a choice between confronting an unpleasant reality and defending a set of comforting and socially accepted beliefs, most people choose the later course".
- W. Lance Bennett.