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Richard Hofstadter quotes: It is a poor head that cannot find plausible reason for doing what the heart wants to do.

It is a poor head that cannot find plausible reason for doing what the heart wants to do.

Richard Hofstadter quotes: It is a part of the intellectual's tragedy that the things he most values about himself and his work are quite unlike those society values in him ...

It is a part of the intellectual's tragedy that the things he most values about himself and his work are quite unlike those society values in him ...

Richard Hofstadter quotes: Intellectualism, though by no means confined to doubters, is often the sole piety of the skeptic.

Intellectualism, though by no means confined to doubters, is often the sole piety of the skeptic.

Richard Hofstadter quotes: Intellect is neither practical nor impractical; it is extra-practical.

Intellect is neither practical nor impractical; it is extra-practical.

Richard Hofstadter quotes: Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege.

Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege.

Richard Hofstadter quotes: The tradition of the new. Yesterday's avant-gard-experiment is today's chic and tomorrow's cliche.

The tradition of the new. Yesterday's avant-gard-experiment is today's chic and tomorrow's cliche.

Richard Hofstadter quotes: To be confronted with a simple and unqualified evil is no doubt a kind of luxury ...

To be confronted with a simple and unqualified evil is no doubt a kind of luxury ...

Richard Hofstadter quotes: As with the pursuit of happiness, the pursuit of truth is itself gratifying whereas the consummation often turns out to be elusive.

As with the pursuit of happiness, the pursuit of truth is itself gratifying whereas the consummation often turns out to be elusive.

Richard Hofstadter quotes: A large segment of the public willingly resigns itself to political passivity in a world in which it cannot expect to make well-founded judgments.

A large segment of the public willingly resigns itself to political passivity in a world in which it cannot expect to make well-founded judgments.

Richard Hofstadter quotes: Get action, do things; be sane," he once raved, "don't fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody: get action.

Get action, do things; be sane," he once raved, "don't fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody: get action.

Richard Hofstadter quotes: A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.

A university's essential character is that of being a center of free inquiry and criticism - a thing not to be sacrificed for anything else.

Richard Hofstadter quotes: To be sick and helpless is a humiliating experience. Prolonged illness also carries the hazard of narcissistic self-absorption.

To be sick and helpless is a humiliating experience. Prolonged illness also carries the hazard of narcissistic self-absorption.

Richard Hofstadter quotes: To the reactionary ear every whispered criticism of the elite classes has always sounded like the opening shot of an uprising.

To the reactionary ear every whispered criticism of the elite classes has always sounded like the opening shot of an uprising.