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. -Sidney Hook

 

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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This quote is just one of 9 total Sidney Hook quotes in our collection. Sidney Hook is known for saying '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.' as well as some of the following quotes.

I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.

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It still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs about the existence of God in any recognizable sense continuous with the great systems of the past, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probabil.

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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. -Sidney Hook
225

Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.

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198

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

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184
Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments. -Sidney Hook
181

Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.

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