“Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath?”

— Phil Ochs

"Have you Heard? The War is Over!" The Village Voice (23 November 1967) [later published in Ochs' The War is Over (1968)]

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American protest singer and songwriter 1940–1976

Lilith Saintcrow (1976) American writer

Source: Working for the Devil

“Bring forward what is true, Write it so that it is clear, Defend it to your last breath!”

Ludwig Boltzmann (1844–1906) Austrian physicist

S. Rajasekar, N.Athavan, "Ludwig Edward Boltzmann"
Attributed

“A liberal will defend to the death your right to agree with her. Disagree with her, and she will call the police.”

Peter Hitchens (1951) author, journalist

From 'The Cameron Delusion' (2010)

“The Wonder of it All:
Sitting there in your pajamas & all the time in the world & if I could keep any moment it would be this: watching you & holding my breath with the wonder of it all.”

Brian Andreas (1956) American artist

“Here you are, you're a liberal, probably define peace as the absence of conflict. I define peace as the ability to defend yourself and blow your enemies into smithereens.”

Sean Hannity (1961) American television host, conservative political commentator

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http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/200910130066
2009-10-13

“Call for the robin redbreast and the wren,
Since o'er shady groves they hover,
And with leaves and flowers do cover
The friendless bodies of unburied men.”

John Webster The White Devil

Act V, scene iv.
The White Devil (1612)

“The sight of them together does not lead you to wonder about a history in which you are not the narrator?”

Richard Rodríguez (1944) American journalist and essayist

Brown : The Last Discovery of America (2003)
Context: The Indian refuses civilization; the African slave is rendered unfit for it.
But cher Monsieur: You saw the Indian sitting beside the African on a drape of baize. They were easy together. The sight of them together does not lead you to wonder about a history in which you are not the narrator?
These women are but parables of your interest in yourself. Rather than consider the nature of their intimacy, you are preoccupied alone with the meaning of your intrusion.

“Drink today, and drown all sorrow;
You shall perhaps not do it tomorrow;
Best, while you have it, use your breath;
There is no drinking after death.”

Ben Jonson (1572–1637) English writer

“How do you know, poor fool? Perhaps out there, somewhere, someone is sighing for your absence'; and with this thought, my soul begins to breathe.”

Francesco Petrarca (1304–1374) Italian scholar and poet

Source: Petrarch: The Canzoniere, or Rerum Vulgarium Fragmenta

“There is no hidden agenda. If anybody wonders about — what’s this with all these reforms — you can hear us clearly. Our goal is total animal liberation.”

Ingrid Newkirk (1949) British-American activist

“Animal Rights 2002” convention, 2002 June 30

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