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That is the essence of a witch-hunt, that any questioning of the evidence or the procedures in itself constitutes proof of complicity.

Bergen Evans (1904-1978) American educator, writer, lexicographer
The Dictionary of Quotations (1968)

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The mere abhorrence of vice is not a virtue at all.

Bergen Evans (1904-1978) American educator, writer, lexicographer
The Dictionary of Quotations (1968)

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This is the sort of bellowing profundity that earns a man the awe of one generation and the contempt of the next.

Bergen Evans (1904-1978) American educator, writer, lexicographer
The Dictionary of Quotations (1968)

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Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

Bergen Evans (1904-1978) American educator, writer, lexicographer
The Natural History of Nonsense (1946)

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