Terry Eagleton (Terence Francis "Terry" Eagleton) Quotes
If there are indeed any iron laws of history, one of them is surely that in any major crisis of the capitalist system, a sector of the liberal middle class will shift to the left, and then shift smartly back again once the crisis has blown over.
Terry Eagleton
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Joe Morgan
Well, I'm just saying that if there are warrants of arrest existing and there is legal basis to serve them and it's within the law, then nothing will prevent authorities from taking such action.
Eduardo Ermita
If there are indeed any iron laws of history, one of them is surely that in any major crisis of the capitalist system, a sector of the liberal middle class will shift to the left, and then shift smartly back again once the crisis has blown over.
Terry Eagleton
