Midge Decter

(1927–2022) Journalist United States

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Midge Decter was a journalist from the United States, best known for Rumsfeld.

Quick Facts About Midge Decter

Born: July 25, 1927
Died: May 9, 2022
Nationality: United States
Profession: Journalist
Notable works: Rumsfeld
Spouse: Moshe Decter

About Midge Decter

Midge Decter was an American journalist and author. Originally a liberal, she was one of the pioneers of the neoconservative movement in the 1970s and 1980s. She was a critic of feminism and the women's liberation movement.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Awards & Honors

National Humanities Medal

Quotes by Midge Decter

Women's Liberation calls it enslavement but the real truth about the sexual revolution is that it has made of sex an almost…

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Enslavement

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It might sound a paradoxical thing to say --for surely never has a generation of children occupied more sheer hours of parental…

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Charades

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There comes a time to join the side you're on.

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Sides

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We're not in the middle east to bring sweetness and light to the whole world. That's nonsense. We're in the middle east…

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Depends

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The hatred of the youth culture for adult society is not a disinterested judgement but a terror-ridden refusal to be hooked into…

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Adults

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Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action. Their acquisition…

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Acquisition

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We allowed you a charade of trivial freedoms in order to avoid making those impositions on you that are in the end…

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Abandoned

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Ideas are powerful things, requiring not a studious contemplation but an action, even if it is only an inner action.

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Action

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