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The death penalty can be tolerated only by extreme statist reactionaries who demand a state that is so powerful that it has the right to kill. — Noam Chomsky

He was one of those who are driven early in life into too conservative an attitude by the bewildering folly of most revolutionists. — G.K. Chesterton

Reactionaries must be deprived of the right to voice their opinions; only the people have that right. — Mao Zedong

The reactionaries are in possession of force, in not only the army and police, but in the press and the schools — John Dewey

I wrote a script and I've been whispering in director's ears for a really long time and I'd love to direct. — Jeremy Piven

It doesn't matter how fast you move, if you never go anywhere. — Andrew Davidson

Humorists are always pessimists. They're reactionaries: because they see that every golden cloud has a black lining. — Christina Stead

Great personal style is an extreme curiosity about yourself. — Iris Apfel

I have never cared much for people. Most of them are cowards, conformists, muddleheads, moneygrubbers, and they infect each other. — Cees Nooteboom

A heart expands exactly as much as her owner allows. — Glennon Doyle Melton

Earnestness is good; it means business. But fanaticism overdoes, and is consequently reactionary. — Charles Spurgeon

But I've found that sitting around moaning about how sad it is gets no one anywhere. That's why I get involved. — Nicole Maggi

It is right to rebel against reactionaries. — Mao Zedong

Public schoolboys are not merely conservatives, they are by nature totalitarian reactionaries. — David Benedictus

An artist must be a reactionary — Evelyn Waugh

All reactionaries are paper tigers. — Mao Zedong

God always has a reason for what you are asked to endure. — Jim George

Any movement in history which attempts to perpetuate itself, becomes reactionary. — Josip Broz Tito

It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results. — John Calvin

What did we want with an Empire! It — Ford Madox Ford

Ginger Rogers was one of the worst, red-baiting, terrifying reactionaries in Hollywood. — Joseph Losey

History's one great lesson is that reactionaries are losers. — George Otis

The only reactionaries are those who find themselves at home in the present. — Miguel De Unamuno

Look at the John Birch Society. Look at Hitler. The reactionaries are always better organizers. — Cesar Chavez

I can be very reactionary. It's a gift and a curse. — Xosha Roquemore

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them. — Horace

I love when things are transparent, free and clear of all inhibition and judgement. — Pharrell Williams

Let us not worry about the future. Let us only do the right thing Today, At this moment, Here and now. Let the future take care of itself. — Sri Chinmoy

Reactionary: One who wants the rules enforced so nobody can take his pile away from him the way he got it from others. — Evan Esar

How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises? — Stephen Fry

Music was a balm for any weary soul. It could either lift a person out of the doldrums or comfort him if there was no other solace to be had. — Lisa S. Lewis

The room stank of semen and smoke and sweat and whiskey, of old carpet and sour hay, saddle leather, shit and cheap soap. — Annie Proulx

Like other revolutionaries I can thank God for the reactionaries. They clarify the issue. — Robin G. Collingwood

I try to communicate in a way that allows people in on what's going on. What's better than references to popular culture? — Bart Chilton

As Aristotle said, you have to be an aristocrat or a reactionary to write a good proletarian poem. — Kenneth Rexroth

The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't. — Mao Tse-tung