Persecuted Quote by Günter Grass

“Traditional American intellectuals are, in a sense, increasingly reactionary, and quite often proudly (and perversely) ignorant of many of the truly significant intellectual accomplishments…

— John Brockman

“On the contrary, we have a very deep-seated distrust of real intellectual effort (probably because we suspect that it will destroy, as I hope…

— James Baldwin

“Discourses, which are mostly wrapped in spurious religious and patriotic ideologies that ignite the enthusiasm of the ignorant masses”

— Aziz Hamza

“As things stand the "intellectuals" only come out to lick the bones left over by the tyrant.”

— Nilantha Ilangamuwa

“It seemed to me then—and to be honest, sir, seems to me still—that America was engaged only in posturing. As a society, you were…

— Mohsin Hamid

“...am so deeply impressed with the fair mindedness and tolerance of the American people...”

— Virchand Raghavji Gandhi

“Without monstrous distortions, I was slowly learning, without lies and hypocrisy, one cannot have the idealized American life I so longed for.”

— Joshua Ferris

“Americans were known for a zealous and often immoderate attachment to the United States and all it represented.”

— David H. Finnie

“Intellectuals that approach me, only serve to feeding my intellectualism. Imaginists that approach me, only serve to enhancing my Imaginism. It's impossible to feed…

— Lionel Suggs

“While you live, whatever your state while on earth, act the generous and manly part; and never, never , either manually or with the…

— T.J. Llewelyn Prichard

“America is a reactionary society which makes us prone and vulnerable to Hegelian dialectic style manipulation. I’m more concerned about the adversaries within our…

— James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology

“we believe ourselves to be a tolerant people even as racial, religious, and cultural tensions roil the landscape. And instead of resolving these tensions…

— Barack Obama