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When you consider that God could have commanded anything he wanted-anything!-the Ten have got to rank as one of the great missed moral opportunities of all time. How different history would have been had he clearly and unmistakably forbidden war, tyranny, taking over other people's countries, slavery, exploitation of workers, cruelty to children, wife-beating, stoning, treating women-or anyone-as chattel or inferior beings.

Katha Pollitt

Stacked Decalogue

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The Ten Commandments

Author

Katha Pollitt

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Stacked Decalogue The Nation

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Magazine

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English

Time

2003 2000s 21st century

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Citation

Pollitt, Katha. "Stacked Decalogue." The Nation, 4 Sept. 2003.

My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.

Grover Norquist

Quoted in The Nation

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Government spending Limited government Political theory

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Grover Norquist

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The Nation

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Magazine

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English

Time

2001 2000s 21st century

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Norquist, Grover. Quoted in "Grover Norquist: ‘Field Marshal’ of the Bush Plan." Written by Bob Dreyfuss. The Nation, 26 Apr. 2001.

All profoundly original art looks ugly at first.

Clement Greenberg

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Nature of art Art

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Clement Greenberg

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The Nation

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Magazine

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English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

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Greenberg, Clement. The Nation. 7 Apr. 1945.

If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

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Friendship Treason Patriotism

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E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

Source

What I Believe The Nation

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Essay Magazine

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English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Forster, E.M. "What I Believe." Two Cheers for Democracy. Hogarth Press, 1951. Originally published in the Nation, 16 July 1938.

Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism. Two cheers are quite enough: there is no occasion to give three.

E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

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Democracy

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E.M. Forster (Edward Morgan Forster)

Source

What I Believe The Nation

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Essay Magazine

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English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Forster, E.M. "What I Believe." Two Cheers for Democracy. Hogarth Press, 1951. Originally published in the Nation, 16 July 1938.

There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.

Toni Morrison

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Culture Reconciliation Civilization

Author

Toni Morrison

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No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear The Nation

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Essay Magazine

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English

Time

2015 2010s 21st century

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Morrison, Toni. "No Place for Self-Pity, No Room for Fear." The Nation: 150th Anniversary Special, 23 Mar. 2015.