Ludwig Lewisohn Quotes

• Democracy, which began by liberating man politically, has developed a dangerous tendency to enslave him through the tyranny of majorities and the deadly power of their opinion.

  Ludwig Lewisohn

  Men, Democracy, Majority

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• A Jew remains a Jew. Assimilalation is impossible, because a Jew cannot change his national character. Whatever he does, he is a Jew and remains a Jew. The majority has discovered this fact, but too late. Jews and Gentiles discover that there is no issue. Both believed there was an issue. There is none.

  Ludwig Lewisohn

  Character, Issues, Majority

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• There are philosophies which are unendurable not because men are cowards, but because they are men.

  Ludwig Lewisohn

  Philosophy, Men, Coward

  Ludwig Lewisohn (1915). “The Modern Drama: An Essay in Interpretation”

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