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> [Intellectuals are judged not by their morals, but by the quality of their ideas, which are rarely reducible to simple verdicts of truth or falsity, if only because banalities are by definition accurate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perry-anderson/intellectuals-are-judged-not-by-their-morals-but-by-the-quality-of/)

[Perry Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perry-anderson/)

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## More by Perry Anderson

> [“It should be a matter of honour on the Left to write at least as well, without redundancy or clutter, as its adversaries.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perry-anderson/it-should-be-a-matter-of-honour-on-the-left-to-write-at-least-as-well/)

[Perry Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perry-anderson/)

> [ “\[A\] resistance that dispenses with consolations is always stronger than one which relies on them.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perry-anderson/a-resistance-that-dispenses-with-consolations-is-always-stronger-than/)

[Perry Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perry-anderson/)

> [ “\[P\]olitics is always a Kampfplatz.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perry-anderson/p-olitics-is-always-a-kampfplatz/)

[Perry Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perry-anderson/)

> [Nothing like this has been attempted before. (...) It might be called a literary Porto Alegre. That implies a beginning, with much fierce argument…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perry-anderson/nothing-like-this-has-been-attempted-before-it-might-be-called-a/)

[Perry Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perry-anderson/)

> [Intellectuals are judged not by their morals, but by the quality of their ideas, which are rarely reducible to simple verdicts of truth or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perry-anderson/intellectuals-are-judged-not-by-their-morals-but-by-the-quality-of/)

[Perry Anderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perry-anderson/)

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