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The racists are having their revenge.

— Stephen L. Carter Trump and the Fall of Liberalism (2016)

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Rumor is rarely more interesting than fact, but it is always more readily available.

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Liberalism, for all its virtues, has begun to develop a sense of entitlement, and needs time to rediscover its soul.

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"We live today in a world in which nobody believes choices should have consequences. But may I tell you the great secret that our culture seeks to deny? You cannot escape the consequences of your choices. Time runs in only one direction."

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The mark of a healthy democracy is the preference for argument rather than invective. Those are the roots the left must reclaim.

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True love is not the helpless desire to possess the cherished object of one's fervent affection; true love is the disciplined generosity we require of ourselves for the sake of another when we would rather be selfish; that, at least, is how I have taught myself to love my wife.

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Today, racism is regarded as a crime if practiced by a majority—but as an inalienable right if practiced by a minority.

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Racism has never done this country any good, and it needs to be fought against, not put under new management for different groups.

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One of the strategies of racism is to confuse the victims into believing all their victories should be awarded to the oppressor.

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