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> [The energy that actually shapes the world springs from emotions - racial pride, leader-worship, religious belief, love of war - which liberal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-orwell/the-energy-that-actually-shapes-the-world-springs-from-emotions/)

[George Orwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-orwell/)

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> [I don't bother writing about Fox News. It is too easy. What I talk about are the liberal intellectuals, the ones who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/i-don-t-bother-writing-about-fox-news-it-is-too-easy-what-i-talk/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-paretsky/my-parents-were-liberal-intellectuals-but-even-they-expected-me-to/)

[Sara Paretsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-paretsky/)

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> [ By that time \[1966\], we did begin to get some protests \[against Vietnam War\]. But not from liberal intellectuals; they never opposed… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/by-that-time-1966-we-did-begin-to-get-some-protests-against-vietnam/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [Today's liberal intellectuals, who pride themselves on scientific method and being “broadminded”, are the most narrow-minded, self-righteous and hate-filled bigots in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-lincoln-rockwell/today-s-liberal-intellectuals-who-pride-themselves-on-scientific/)

[George Lincoln Rockwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-lincoln-rockwell/)

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> [Writing recently in the New York Times, David Brooks noted correctly if belatedly that conservatives disdain for liberal intellectuals had slipped into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-lilla/writing-recently-in-the-new-york-times-david-brooks-noted-correctly/)

[Mark Lilla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-lilla/)

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