Henry Steele Commager Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Henry Steele Commager:

The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
~Henry Steele Commager


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/henry-steele-commager-quotes/#a71e8436

Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.
~Henry Steele Commager


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/henry-steele-commager-quotes/#e468a57e

Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
~Henry Steele Commager


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/henry-steele-commager-quotes/#1852660b

It's awfully hard to be the son of a great man and also of a half-crazy woman.
~Henry Steele Commager


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/henry-steele-commager-quotes/#7295cf0d

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