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A man should always be drunk, Minnie, when he talks politics — it's the only way in which to make them important.

— Seán O'Casey

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I wouldn't be everlasting' cockin' me earth hear every little whisper that was floatin' around me! It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be dethrimental to keep it.

The Plough and the Stars (1926)

She dhresses herself to keep him with her, but it's no use — afther a month or two, th'wondher of a woman wears off.

The Plough and the Stars (1926)

If England has any dignity left in the way of literature, she will forget for ever the pitiful antics of English Literature's performing flea.

Isn't all religions curious? If they weren't you wouldn't get anyone to believe them.

There's no reason to bring religion into it. I think we ought to have as great a regard for religion as we can, so as to keep it out of as many things as possible.

The Plough and the Stars (1926)

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Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

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Every Communist must grasp the truth: Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

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Three-fourths of the Italian economy, industrial and agricultural, is in the hands of the state.

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Fear and destructiveness are the major emotional sources of fascism, eros belongs mainly to democracy.

Theodor Adorno The Authoritarian Personality (1950)

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