Since when do you have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?
Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling classes in 19th-century France and England, or 20th-century Russia and America.
My father was often angry when I was most like him.
some people are democrats by choice, and some by necessity.
Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.
It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.