Judith N. Shklar Quotes

• Every adult should be able to make as many effective decisions without fear or favor about as many aspects of her or his life as is compatible with the like freedom of every other adult. That belief is the original and only defensible meaning of liberalism.

  Judith N. Shklar

  Party, Decision, Political

  Judith N. Shklar, Bernard Yack (1996). “Liberalism Without Illusions: Essays on Liberal Theory and the Political Vision of Judith N. Shklar”, p.80, University of Chicago Press

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• It seems to me that liberal and humane people, of whom there are many among us, would, if they were asked to rank the vices, put cruelty first. Intuitively they would choose cruelty as the worst thing we do.

  Judith N. Shklar

  People, Vices, Firsts

  Judith N. Shklar (1984). “Ordinary Vices”, p.44, Harvard University Press

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• To be alive is to be afraid, and much to our advantage in many cases, since alarm often preserves us from danger.

  Judith N. Shklar

  Fear, Alarms, Alive

  Judith N. Shklar, Stanley Hoffmann (1998). “Political Thought and Political Thinkers”, p.11, University of Chicago Press

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