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.
- Sidney Hook
Guilty, Literature, Works, Aspirations
Those who say that life is worth living at any cost have already written an epitaph of infamy, for there is no cause and no person that they will not betray to stay alive.
- Sidney Hook
Living, Alive, Cost, Infamy
Tolerance always has limits - it cannot tolerate what is itself actively intolerant.
- Sidney Hook
Always, Itself, Actively, Tolerance
Philosophy, most broadly viewed, is the critical survey of existence from the standpoint of value.
- Sidney Hook
Critical, Most, Viewed, Standpoint
Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure.
- Sidney Hook
Failure, Teacher, Disappoint, Doomed
Idealism, alas, does not protect one from ignorance, dogmatism, and foolishness.
- Sidney Hook
Idealism, Dogmatism, Alas
Fear of death has been the greatest ally of tyranny past and present.
- Sidney Hook
Death, Tyranny, Been, Present
Everyone who remembers his own education remembers teachers, not methods and techniques. The teacher is the heart of the educational system.
- Sidney Hook
Education, Educational, Remembers
Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.
- Sidney Hook
Nature, Career, Kind, Consequences
Before impugning an opponent's motives, even when they legitimately may be impugned, answer his arguments.
- Sidney Hook
Answer, May, His, Opponent
To silence criticism is to silence freedom.
- Sidney Hook
Freedom, Silence, Criticism
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