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“Perhaps to the soldier the civilian is the man who employs him to kill, who includes the guilt of murder in the pay-envelope and escapes responsibility.”
― The Quiet American
― The Quiet American
“So much of war is sitting around doing nothing, waiting for someone else. With no guarantee of the amount of time you have left, it doesn't seem worth starting even a train of thought.”
― The Quiet American
― The Quiet American
“Identity is not the future of the left. It is not a force hostile to neoliberalism. Identity is Reaganism for lefties.”
― The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics
― The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics
“What's the good? he'll always be innocent, you can't blame the innocent, they are always guiltless. All you can do is control them or eliminate them. Innocence is a kind of insanity.”
― The Quiet American
― The Quiet American
“No shots had been fired; we were alive; death had withdrawn perhaps as far as the next canal.”
― The Quiet American
― The Quiet American
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