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Judith N. Shklar Quotes

1928–1992 United States

Judith Nisse Shklar (September 24, 1928 – September 17, 1992) was a philosopher and political theorist who studied the history of political thought, notably that of the Enlightenment period. She was appointed the John Cowles Professor of Government at Harvard University in 1980.

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The idea of joining a movement and submitting to a collective belief system strikes me as a betrayal of intellectual values.

A Life of Learning (1989)

I took it as my starting point that the willful infliction of pain is an unconditional evil and tried to develop a liberal theory of politics from that ground up.

A Life of Learning (1989)

Apart from the early establishment of representative democracy and the persistence of slavery, which do give it a special character, American political thought is just an integral part of modern history as a whole.

A Life of Learning (1989)

I certainly prefer frank and independent students to ingratiating and flattering ones... And I fear that the students who so readily attach themselves to idols lose their education along with their independence.

A Life of Learning (1989)

For me, personally, the new era for women has not been an unmixed blessing. It is not particularly flattering to be constantly exhibited as the "first" woman to have done this or that, just like a prize pig at a country fair.

A Life of Learning (1989)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Judith N. Shklar (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.