A quotation from Sinclair Lewis
“But honestly, you know — horrible things do happen, thanks to the imperfection of human nature, but you can forgive the means if the end is a rejuvenated nation that —”
“I can do nothing of the kind! I can never forgive evil and lying and cruel means, and still less can I forgive fanatics that use that for an excuse! [… A] country that tolerates evil means — evil manners, standards of ethics — for a generation, will be so poisoned that it never will have any good end.”
Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) American novelist, playwright
It Can’t Happen Here, ch. 24 [Phillip and Doremus] (1935)
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“But honestly, you know — horrible things do happen, thanks to the imperfection of human nature, but you can forgive the means if the end is a rejuvenated nation that —”
“I can do nothing of the kind! I can never forgive evil and lying and cruel means, and still less can I forgive fanatics that use that for an excuse! [… A] country that tolerates evil means — evil manners, standards of ethics — for a generation, will be so poisoned that it never will have any good end.”
Sinclair Lewis (1885–1951) American novelist, playwright
It Can’t Happen Here, ch. 24 [Phillip and Doremus] (1935)
More about this quote: wist.info/lewis-sinclair/86585…
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