I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author’s political views.
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Letter to Upton Sinclair (19 August 1927)Edith Wharton
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The science of political economy is essentially practical, and applicable to the common business of human life. There are few branches of human knowledge where false views may do more harm, or just views more good.
Thomas Malthus
For all the conflicting views on this issue, it speaks well of our country that we recognize [abortion] as a problem. The [law] may call it a right, but no one ever called it a good, and, in the quiet of conscience people of both political parties know that more than a million abortions a year cannot be squared with the good heart of America.
Mitt Romney
Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.
Robert Benchley
The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he is really very good — in spite of all the people who say he is very good.
William Shakespeare
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