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Archibald MacLeish Quotes

Archibald MacLeish quotes

American Poet May 7, 1892 – April 20, 1982

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How shall freedom be defended? By arms when it is attacked by arms, by truth when it is attacked by lies, by faith when it is attacked by authoritarian dogma. Always, in the final act, by determination and faith. Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish quote: "We have no choice but to be guilty. God is unthinkable if we..."
We have no choice but to be guilty. God is unthinkable if we are innocent. Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish quote: "There is only one thing more painful than learning from..."
There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience. Archibald MacLeish
. . . At Ghent the wind rose. There was a smell of rain and a heavy drag. Of wind in the hedges but not as the wind blows. Over fresh water when the waves lag. Foaming and the willows huddle and it will rain . . . Archibald MacLeish
Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered. Archibald MacLeish
A real writer learns from earlier writers the way a boy learns from an apple orchard -- by stealing what he has a taste for, and can carry off Archibald MacLeish
Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of the world, poetry with the feel of the world. Archibald MacLeish
And here face down beneath the sun. And here upon earth's noonward height. To feel the always coming on. The always rising of the night Archibald MacLeish
We are as great as our belief in human liberty - no greater. And our belief in human liberty is only ours when it is larger than ourselves. Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish quote: "What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to..."
What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice. Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish quote: "Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man."
Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man. Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish quote: "The only thing about a man that is a man . . . is his mind...."
The only thing about a man that is a man . . . is his mind. Everything else you can find in a pig or a horse. Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish quote: "You burned the city of London in our houses and we felt the..."
You burned the city of London in our houses and we felt the flames. Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish quote: "What is more important in a library than anything else - than..."
What is more important in a library than anything else - than everything else - is the fact that it exists. Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish quote: "There is no dusk to be, There is no dawn that was,..."
There is no dusk to be, There is no dawn that was, Only there's now, and now, And the wind in the grass. Archibald MacLeish

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