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Mrs. Hoyt was the first person I remember who said that to criticize a specific American president was not anti-American; that to criticize a specific American policy was not antipatriotic; and that to disapprove of our involvement in a particular war against the communists was not the same as taking the communists’ side. But these distinctions were lost on most of the citizens of Gravesend; they are lost on many of my former fellow Americans today.
Among the methods she preferred for changing the world, banning books was high on her list.
seems like she's doing the exact opposite of what needs to be done to accomplish her goal...
The White House, that whole criminal mob, those arrogant goons who see themselves as justified to operate above the law—they disgrace democracy by claiming that what they do they do for democracy! They should be in jail.
wonder what Irving thinks of Trump 2.0...
“LOOK UP ‘OLIGARCHY’ IN THE DICTIONARY IF YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT I MEAN: ‘A FORM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH THE POWER IS VESTED IN A FEW PERSONS OR IN A DOMINANT CLASS OR CLIQUE; GOVERNMENT BY THE FEW.’”
“FAITH TAKES PRACTICE,” said Owen Meany.
