Stanley, Jason -- How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, ch. 7 (2018)

Dave — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:29:12 +0000

To describe someone as a “criminal” is both to mark that person with a terrifying permanent character trait and simultaneously to place the person outside the circle of “us.” They are criminals. We make mistakes.

Jason Stanley (b. 1969) American philosopher, epistemologist, academic
How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, ch. 7 (2018)
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth -- “Elegiac Verse,” In the Harbor (1882)

Dave — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:45:11 +0000

If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) American poet
“Elegiac Verse,” In the Harbor (1882)

See Emerson.

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Stanley, Jason -- How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, ch. 7 (2018)

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth -- “Elegiac Verse,” In the Harbor (1882)