Quotes by Trilling, Lionel

The function of literature, through all its mutations, has been to mak >>

Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the ac >>

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals i >>

Quotations about Liberals

The liberals have not softened their view of actuality to make themsel >>

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet as >>

The essence of the Liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, >>

We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.

Trilling, Lionel