Archibald Macleish Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"The dissenter is every human being at those times of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself."

by:	Archibald Macleish (1892-1982) Poet, playwright, Librarian of Congress, & Assistant Secretary of State under Franklin Roosevelt
Source:	4 December 1937
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Categories:	Congress, Dissent, Free Thought, Library
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From a previous posting: "Individuality is freedom lived." -- John Dos Passos (1896-1970) American novelist, historian, critic -- EGL, LA
-- Anonymous, Reston, VA US
I'd love to see more of us think for ourselves more often, including me. -- Joe, Rochester, MI
Not to be confused with the 'dissenter' who merely parrots the mantra of another herd... -- E Archer, NYC
Archer, said well. -- Mike, Norwalk
Government loathes any individual who can think for themselves...there's a reason for that. -- J Carlton, Calgary
Unfortunately there is not enough of it! Dissenters are being silenced like some Orwellian nightmare. -- RBESRQ
Robert, you're absolutely right. By way of one example amongst many; Manning has been tortured for four months without as much as a charge being levied against him (those perpetrators of the Orwellian nightmare do not like an exposing light - be very weary of those that support his torture !). -- Mike, Norwalk
Mike, Rendition is rampant under our military regime and no one cares, they just go about as usual as if we are a democratic and free country - and that is the joke. -- RBESRQ