"Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal……" — Lionel Trilling

"Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process."

Lionel Trilling

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