A Quote by Robin Morgan

Clarity of language is the first casualty of authoritarianism.

Robin Morgan

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Authoritarianism Casualty Clarity First Language

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Robin Morgan
American - Activist
Born: January 29, 1941

They say that truth is the first casualty of war. But there is another casualty as well: trust. As conflict escalates, trust between people and political leaders crumbles away as surely as night follows day.

Peter Maurer

Clarity, clarity, surely clarity is the most beautiful thing in the world, A limited, limiting clarity I have not and never did have any motive of poetry But to achieve clarity.

George Oppen

Clarity in language depends on clarity in thought.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Authoritarian systems evolve. Authoritarianism in the Internet Age is not your old Cold War authoritarianism.

Rebecca MacKinnon

The alt-right for me is primarily a cultural reaction to the nannying and language policing and authoritarianism of the progressive left - the stranglehold that it has on culture.

Milo Yiannopoulos

When times are tough, vision is the first casualty. Before conditions can improve, it is the first thing we must recover.

Michael Hyatt

What distinguishes the language of science from language as we ordinarily understand the word? ... What science strives for is an utmost acuteness and clarity of concepts as regards their mutual relation and their correspondence to sensory data.

Albert Einstein

truth ... is the first casualty of tyranny.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

The first casualty of war is innocence.

Oliver Stone

In war, truth is the first casualty.

Aeschylus

In war the first casualty is the truth.

Aeschylus

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

Hiram Johnson

You are asked to keep a ledger - a small notebook will do - of money in and money out. Counting brings clarity, and clarity is one of the first and finest fruits of prosperity.