There has always been in our national experience a type of mind which elevates hatred to a kind of creed; for… — Richard Hofstadter
There has always been in our national experience a type of mind which elevates hatred to a kind of creed; for this mind, group hatreds take a place in politics similar to the class struggle in some other modern societies.
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