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Sidney Hook

"Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present."

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"Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present."

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"Death is softer by far than tyranny."

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"Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic."

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"I've told my children that when I die, to release balloons in the sky to celebrate that I graduated. For me, death is a graduation."

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"A few cold words on yonder stone, A corpse as cold as they can be - Vain words, and mouldering dust, alone - Can this be all that's left of thee? O, no! thy spirit lingers still Where'er thy sunny smile was seen: There's less of darkness, less of chill On earth, than if thou hadst not been.Thou breathest in my bosom yet, And dwellest in my beating heart; And, while I cannot quite forget, Thou, darling, canst not quite depart."

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"Fear of death increases in exact proportion to increase in wealth."

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"Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes."

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"When death speaks to me, it speaks only of the beauty of life."

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"Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war."

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"I don't like to sit and bask in my own awards. Awards represent artistic death to me."

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"At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life."

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"Those who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written an epitaph of infamy, for there is no cause and no person that they will not betray to stay alive."
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"Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant."
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"To silence criticism is to silence freedom."
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"Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness."
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"Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values."
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"Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments."
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