“In addition, of course, they would be taken to a bath and in the bath vestibule they would be ordered to leave… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“Over the years I have had much occasion to ponder this word, the intelligentsia . We are all very fond of including… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“It is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during 'God save the King'… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“I grew up in an atmosphere tinged with militarism, and afterwards I spent five boring years within the sound of bugles. To… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“The power of the intelligentsia is demonstrated not only by their ability to create a general climate of opinion that strikes fear… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“It is to be hoped you are not ‘intellectual,’ which is an unpardonable trait” — Mary MacLane Copy Share Image
“the Great Vaccination — the vaccination against the stupidity of the intelligentsia.” — Álvaro de Campos Copy Share Image
“Nor were the intellectuals of the 1920s a vanguard of a new outlook, as they themselves supposed, but the exhausted rearguard of… — Correlli Barnett Copy Share Image
