• We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian.

  Lionel Trilling
  American Critic 1905-1975
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1. authoritarian
2. imagine
3. utopian
4. cynical
5. believe

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We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian. by : Lionel Trilling

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