“The dissenter is every human being at those moments of hi…” — Who Said It? Archibald MacLeish, "In Praise of Dissent", New York Times, 16 December 1956

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The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself.

— Archibald MacLeish · "In Praise of Dissent", New York Times, 16 December 1956

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