Mary McCarthy
  • In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.

  • People with bad consciences always fear the judgment of children.

  • In politics, it seems, retreat is honorable if dictated by military considerations and shameful if even suggested for ethical reasons.

  • In science, all facts, no matter how trivial or banal, enjoy democratic equality.

  • Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.