Philip Roth (1933–2018) American novelist
But is it "hostile," really, to take a look at the ferocity of the emotion they call "hostility"?
Paris Review Interview (1986)
“The dirty little secret is that Congress no longer wants the accountability that goes with the wielding of power.”
2000s, Where the Right Went Wrong (2004)
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