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> [Ignorance deprives people of freedom because they do not know what alternatives there are. It is impossible to choose to do what one has never "heard of."](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-barton-perry/ignorance-deprives-people-of-freedom-because-they-do-not-know-what/)

[Ralph Barton Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-barton-perry/)

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## More by Ralph Barton Perry

> [As a reformer the liberal is dissatisfied with things as they are because they violate his exceptionally tender conscience… Liberalism does not advocate change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-barton-perry/as-a-reformer-the-liberal-is-dissatisfied-with-things-as-they-are/)

[Ralph Barton Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-barton-perry/)

> [Voting is the least arduous of a citizen's duties. He has the prior and harder duty of making up his mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-barton-perry/voting-is-the-least-arduous-of-a-citizen-s-duties-he-has-the-prior/)

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> [What is needed in the present plight of mankind is not more science but a change of heart that shall move mankind to devote…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-barton-perry/what-is-needed-in-the-present-plight-of-mankind-is-not-more-science/)

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> [Ignorance deprives people of freedom because they do not know what alternatives there are. It is impossible to choose to do what one has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-barton-perry/ignorance-deprives-people-of-freedom-because-they-do-not-know-what/)

[Ralph Barton Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-barton-perry/)

> [Indeed I am inclined to go so far as to say that the one cause for which one may properly make war is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-barton-perry/indeed-i-am-inclined-to-go-so-far-as-to-say-that-the-one-cause-for/)

[Ralph Barton Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-barton-perry/)

> [Puritanism prolonged in America the medieval Christian view of the world and of human destiny. It taught men to distrust their natural inclinations as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-barton-perry/puritanism-prolonged-in-america-the-medieval-christian-view-of-the/)

[Ralph Barton Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-barton-perry/)

> [A man can do his best only by confidently seeking (and perpetually missing) an unattainable perfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-barton-perry/a-man-can-do-his-best-only-by-confidently-seeking-and-perpetually/)

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> [The English mind is intelligent rather than intellectual. The French are intellectual in the sense that the intellect is emancipated and left free to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-barton-perry/the-english-mind-is-intelligent-rather-than-intellectual-the-french/)

[Ralph Barton Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-barton-perry/)

> [This insistence on "having his say upon the universe" is the profoundest motive of William James thinking as well as of his filial gratitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-barton-perry/this-insistence-on-having-his-say-upon-the-universe-is-the/)

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> [Humanitarianism needs no apology, even when its objects are Russians or Communists. Unless we recover that concern and feel it toward all men without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-barton-perry/humanitarianism-needs-no-apology-even-when-its-objects-are-russians/)

[Ralph Barton Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-barton-perry/)

> [Humanitarianism needs no apology. Unless we ... feel it toward all men without exception, we shall have lost the chief redeeming force in human history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-barton-perry/humanitarianism-needs-no-apology-unless-we-feel-it-toward-all-men/)

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