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“We are so used to the idea that the First Amendment is for liberals, and that it is our bulwark against fascist movements, that we fail to notice when it has been turned around and used as a wedge instead.”
― Katherine Stewart, The Good News Club: The Christian Right's Stealth Assault on America's Children

“Anything that offers success in our unjust society without trying to change it is not revolutionary — it just helps people cope.”
― Ronald Purser, McMindfulness: How Mindfulness Became the New Capitalist Spirituality

“Hence we inevitably see ourselves from outside, as others see us, and seek for their approval and sympathy, which is the greatest of social goods.”
― Roger Scruton, Conservatism: An Invitation to the Great Tradition

“Trump and others on the right want to make sure that working-class white men don’t want to go to college and distrust those who do, and conservative educators want to make sure that people from marginalized communities don’t want to go either.”
― Ijeoma Oluo, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America