E. L. Doctorow Quotes

The philosophical conservative is someone willing to pay the price of other people s suffering for his principles.

E. L. Doctorow

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• The philosophical conservative is someone willing to pay the price of other people s suffering for his principles.

  

  E. L. Doctorow
  • People
  • Suffering
  • Philosophical