Stephen Greenblatt Quote
Although the absurdity of the demagogue’s rhetoric was blatantly obvious, the laughter it elicited did not for a minute diminish its menace. Cade and his followers will not slink away because the traditional political elite and the entirety of the educated populace regard him as a jackass.
Stephen Greenblatt
Although the absurdity of the demagogue’s rhetoric was blatantly obvious, the laughter it elicited did not for a minute diminish its menace. Cade and his followers will not slink away because the traditional political elite and the entirety of the educated populace regard him as a jackass.
Tags:
shakespeare
Related Quotes
Why should we place Christ at the top and summit of the human race? Was he kinder, more forgiving, more self-sacrificing than ? Was he wiser, did he meet death with more perfect calmness, than ? Was h...
Robert G. Ingersoll
Tags:
baruch spinoza, bruno, buddha, buddhism, cicero, epictetus, epicurus, gautama buddha, giordano bruno, isaac newton