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“The passion for vengeance is a terrifyingly strong one, very easily and probably inevitably wrought up by such evidence [of atrocities], even at our distance. But however well aware I am of its strength, and that in its full immediate force and expression it is in some respects irrelevant to moral inquiry, I doubt that it is ever to be honored, or regarded as other than evil and in every direction fatally degrading and destructive; even when it is obeyed in hot blood or in a crisis of prevention; far worse when it is obeyed in cold blood and in the illusion of carrying out justice.”
― Agee on Film, Vol. 1: Essays and Reviews
― Agee on Film, Vol. 1: Essays and Reviews
“It offends me that a man can master the Devil, but not the Portuguese language.”
― The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
― The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
“You can’t be a non-conformist if you don’t wear the proper uniform.”
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“Stupidity is the prerogative of the wealthy. Pauper's field is crammed with smart guys.”
― The Bold Saboteurs
― The Bold Saboteurs
“I am really sorry to see my Countrymen trouble themselves about Politics. If Men were Wise, the Most arbitrary Princes could not hurt them. If they are not wise, the Freest Government is compell'd to be a Tyranny. Princes appear to me to be Fools. Houses of Commons & Houses of Lords appear to me to be fools; they seem to me to be something Else besides Human life.”
― Complete Writings
― Complete Writings
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