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> [Russell's prose has been compared by T.S. Eliot to that of David Hume's. I would rank it higher, for it had more color, juice, and humor. But to be lucid, exciting and profound in the main body of one's work…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/russell-s-prose-has-been-compared-by-t-s-eliot-to-that-of-david-hume/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

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## More by Sidney Hook

> [To deny me the right to err is therefore to deny me the right to believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/to-deny-me-the-right-to-err-is-therefore-to-deny-me-the-right-to/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

> [Life has meaning for anyone who takes an interest in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/life-has-meaning-for-anyone-who-takes-an-interest-in-it/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

> [Wisdom is an affair of values, and of value judgments. It is intelligent conduct of human affairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/wisdom-is-an-affair-of-values-and-of-value-judgments-it-is/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

> [A liberal education will impart an awareness of the amazing and precious complexity of human relationships. Since those relationships are violated more often out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/a-liberal-education-will-impart-an-awareness-of-the-amazing-and/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

> [The easiest rationalization for the refusal to seek the truth is the denial that truth exists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/the-easiest-rationalization-for-the-refusal-to-seek-the-truth-is-the/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

> [Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/before-impugning-an-opponent-s-motives-even-when-they-legitimately/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

> [The difference between science and religion is that the former wishes to get rid of mysteries whereas the latter worships them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/the-difference-between-science-and-religion-is-that-the-former-wishes/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

> [Everyone recognizes a distinction between knowledge and wisdom. . . Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/everyone-recognizes-a-distinction-between-knowledge-and-wisdom-wisdom/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

> [ \[A\]nti-Semitism was rife in almost all varieties of socialism. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/a-nti-semitism-was-rife-in-almost-all-varieties-of-socialism/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

> [Noam Chomsky skittles and skithers all over the political landscape to distract the reader’s attention from the plain truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/noam-chomsky-skittles-and-skithers-all-over-the-political-landscape/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

> [To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/to-serve-the-public-interest-is-not-the-same-as-being-a-servant-of/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

> [I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/i-was-guilty-of-judging-capitalism-by-its-operations-and-socialism-by/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

> [Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/idealism-alas-does-not-protect-one-from-ignorance-dogmatism-and/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

> [“Everyone who remembers their own educational experience remembers teachers, not methods and techniques.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/everyone-who-remembers-their-own-educational-experience-remembers/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

> [Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sidney-hook/everyone-who-remembers-his-own-education-remembers-teachers-not/)

[Sidney Hook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sidney-hook/)

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