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Sidney Hook Quotes

To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion Picture Quote #1

Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant Picture Quote #1

Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values Picture Quote #1

Stupidity is sometimes the greatest of historical forces Picture Quote #1

Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure Picture Quote #1

Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present Picture Quote #1

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Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness Picture Quote #1

Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value Picture Quote #1

To silence criticism is to silence freedom Picture Quote #1

In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself Picture Quote #1

If one shoots at a king, one must not miss Picture Quote #1

The difference between science and religion is that the former wishes to get rid of mysteries whereas the latter worships them Picture Quote #1

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No one who accepts the sovereignty of truth can be a foot soldier in a party or movement. He will always find himself out of step Picture Quote #1

Religious freedom in an open society has the best prospects of flourishing to the extent that it expresses itself as freedom of religious inquiry Picture Quote #1

To deny me the right to err is therefore to deny me the right to believe Picture Quote #1

Religious tolerance has developed more as a consequence of the impotence of religions to impose their dogmas on each other than as a consequence of spiritual humility in the quest for understanding first and last things Picture Quote #1

The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists Picture Quote #1

Everyone recognizes a distinction between knowledge and wisdom... Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values. Since these cannot be separated from the human organism and the social scene, the moral ways of man cannot be understood without knowledge of the ways of things and institutions Picture Quote #1

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A liberal education will impart an awareness of the amazing and precious complexity of human relationships. Since those relationships are violated more often out of insensitiveness than out of deliberate intent, whatever increases sensitiveness of perception and understanding humanizes life Picture Quote #1

Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability Picture Quote #1

Wisdom is an affair of values, and of value judgments. It is intelligent conduct of human affairs Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Before impugning an opponent’s motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion (Sidney Hook Quotes) Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant (Sidney Hook Quotes) Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values (Sidney Hook Quotes) Stupidity is sometimes the greatest of historical forces (Sidney Hook Quotes) Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure (Sidney Hook Quotes) Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present (Sidney Hook Quotes) Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness (Sidney Hook Quotes) Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value (Sidney Hook Quotes) To silence criticism is to silence freedom (Sidney Hook Quotes) In contrast to totalitarianism, democracy can face and live with the truth about itself (Sidney Hook Quotes) If one shoots at a king, one must not miss (Sidney Hook Quotes) The difference between science and religion is that the former wishes to get rid of mysteries whereas the latter worships them (Sidney Hook Quotes) No one who accepts the sovereignty of truth can be a foot soldier in a party or movement. He will always find himself out of step (Sidney Hook Quotes) Religious freedom in an open society has the best prospects of flourishing to the extent that it expresses itself as freedom of religious inquiry (Sidney Hook Quotes) To deny me the right to err is therefore to deny me the right to believe (Sidney Hook Quotes) Religious tolerance has developed more as a consequence of the impotence of religions to impose their dogmas on each other than as a consequence of spiritual humility in the quest for understanding first and last things (Sidney Hook Quotes) The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists (Sidney Hook Quotes) Everyone recognizes a distinction between knowledge and wisdom... Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values. Since these cannot be separated from the human organism and the social scene, the moral ways of man cannot be understood without knowledge of the ways of things and institutions (Sidney Hook Quotes) A liberal education will impart an awareness of the amazing and precious complexity of human relationships. Since those relationships are violated more often out of insensitiveness than out of deliberate intent, whatever increases sensitiveness of perception and understanding humanizes life (Sidney Hook Quotes) Nonetheless, it still remains true that as a set of cognitive beliefs, religious doctrines constitute a speculative hypothesis of an extremely low order of probability (Sidney Hook Quotes) Wisdom is an affair of values, and of value judgments. It is intelligent conduct of human affairs (Sidney Hook Quotes) 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 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 (Sidney Hook Quotes) Before impugning an opponent’s motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments (Sidney Hook Quotes) Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system (Sidney Hook Quotes)