People who know what kind of new world they want to create through revolution are trouble enough; those who only know what they want to destroy are a curse.
~ Mark Lilla

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Resitance is by nature reactive; it is not forward-looking.
~ Mark Lilla

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The more obsessed with personal identity campus liberals become, the less willing they become to engage in reasoned political debate.
~ Mark Lilla

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As soon as you cast an issue exclusively in terms of identity you invite your adversary to do the same.
~ Mark Lilla

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