How—and How Not—to Love Mankind (Summer 2001).
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The victory over cruelty is never final, but, like the maintenance of freedom, requires eternal vigilance.
— Anthony Daniels (psychiatrist)
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Source: Wikiquote: "Anthony Daniels (psychiatrist)" (Quotes, City Journal (1998 - 2011): Daniels' City Journal essays have also been collected in three books: 1) Not With A Bang But A Whimper: The Politics and Culture of Decline; 2) Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses; and 3) Life at the Bottom: The Worldview that Makes the Underclass.)
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About Anthony Daniels (psychiatrist)
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.
About Anthony Daniels (psychiatrist)
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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