In a democratic age, only the behavior of the authorities i… - Theodore Dalrymple

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In a democratic age, only the behavior of the authorities is subject to public criticism; that of the people themselves, never.

Theodore Dalrymple

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Anthony Daniels (born 11 October 1949) is an English writer and retired physician (prison doctor and psychiatrist) who frequently uses the pen name Theodore Dalrymple.

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Alternative Names: Anthony Malcolm Daniels • Anthony Daniels • Anthony M. Daniels • A. M. Daniels

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We are like creatures so dazzled with our own technological prowess that we no longer think it necessary to consider the obvious.

For the sake of democracy, vigorous, civilized debate must replace the law of silence that political correctness has imposed.

If consequences are removed from enough actions, then the very concept of human agency evaporates, life itself becomes meaningless, and is thenceforth a vacuum in which people oscillate between boredom and oblivion.

In a democratic age, only the behavior of the authorities is subject to public criticism; that of the people themselves, never. - Theodore Dalrymple

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