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Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.

~ Sidney Hook

Answer Argument Before Even His May Motives Opponent

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Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.

~ Sidney Hook

Education Educational Everyone Heart His Methods Own Remembers System Teacher Teachers Techniques Who

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

~ Sidney Hook

Ally Been Death Fear Greatest Has-Been Past Present Tyranny

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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.

~ Sidney Hook

Aspirations Capitalism Guilty Hopes Judging Literature Operations Socialism Works

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

~ Sidney Hook

Alas Does Foolishness Idealism Ignorance Protect

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Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.

~ Sidney Hook

Critical Existence Most Philosophy Standpoint Survey Value Viewed

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Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.

~ Sidney Hook

Advance Assure Disappoint Doomed Failure Rarely Students Teachers Them Who

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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

Alive Any Betray Cause Cost Epitaph Infamy Life Living Person Say Stay Those Who Will Worth Worth Living Written

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To silence criticism is to silence freedom.

~ Sidney Hook

Criticism Freedom Silence

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

~ Sidney Hook

Actively Always Cannot Intolerant Itself Limits Tolerance Tolerate

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Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.

~ Sidney Hook

Career Consequences Human Human Values Kind Knowledge Nature Values Wisdom

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20 December, 1902

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