Radicalism

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The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.

Mark Twain

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Radicalism Conservatism Progress

Author

Mark Twain

Source

Journals of Mark Twain

Medium

Personal journal

Language

English

Time

1897 1890s 19th century

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Citation

Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Notebook, edited by Albert Bigelow Paine. The Mark Twain Company, 1932, ch. 31. Originally from Notebook, c. 1897

Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in style; in its heart it is part of Society and its traditions.

Tom Wolfe

Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers

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Topic

Radicalism Elites

Author

Tom Wolfe

Source

Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Wolfe, Tom. "Radical Chic." Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970. Originally an essay called "These Radical Chic Evenings." New York Magazine, June 1970.

A desperate disease requires a dangerous remedy.

Guy Fawkes

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Topic

Radicalism Extreme measures

Speaker

Guy Fawkes

Language

English

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

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Fawkes, Guy. The Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 6, Oxford University Press, 1917.

I never dared be radical when young
For fear it would make me conservative when old.

Robert Frost

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Radicalism Conservatism Political ideology

Author

Robert Frost

Source

Precaution

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1936 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Frost, Robert. "Precaution." Poetry Magazine, Apr. 1936.