Sidney Hook Quotes
1902–1989 United States
Sidney Hook (20 December 1902 – 12 July 1989) was a prominent New York intellectual and philosopher who championed pragmatism.
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To silence criticism is to silence freedom.
Anti-Semitism was rife in almost all varieties of socialism.
The cardinal sin, when we are looking for truth of fact or wisdom of policy, is refusal to discuss, or action which blocks discussion.
Do not hesitate to admit lack of knowledge or suspend judgment if evidence is not decisive either way.
Since a good cause may be defended by bad arguments, after answering the bad arguments for another's position present positive evidence for your own.
Nothing and no one is immune from criticism.
Those who say life is worth living at any price have already written for themselves an epitaph of infamy, for there is no cause and no person they will not betray to stay alive. Man's vocation should be the use of the arts of intelligence in behalf of human freedom.
Out of Step (1985)
Everyone involved in a controversy has an intellectual responsibility to inform himself of the available facts.
Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.
Because certain words are legally permissible, they are not therefore morally permissible.
I was guilty of judging capitalism by its operations and socialism by its hopes and aspirations; capitalism by its works and socialism by its literature.
Do not treat an opponent of a policy as if he were therefore a personal enemy or an enemy of the country or a concealed enemy of democracy.
Criticism should be directed first to policies, and against persons only when they are responsible for policies, and against their motives or purposes only when there is some independent evidence of their character.