He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happening to him. So attention must be paid.

Quote by Arthur Miller

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A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.

A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

Man must shape his tools lest they shape him.

I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New...

I'm the end of the line; absurd and appalling as it may seem, serious New...

In the theater, while you recognized that you were looking at a house, it was...

In the theater, while you recognized that you were looking at a house, it was...

If you complain of people being shot down in the streets, of the absence of...

If you complain of people being shot down in the streets, of the absence of...

I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an...

I think now that the great thing is not so much the formulation of an...

Success, instead of giving freedom of choice, becomes a way of life. There's no country...

Success, instead of giving freedom of choice, becomes a way of life. There's no country...

All we are is a lot of talking nitrogen.

All we are is a lot of talking nitrogen.

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

The job is to ask questions-it always was-and to ask them as inexorably as I...

A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

A suicide kills two people, Maggie, that's what it's for!

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.

I think it's a mistake to ever look for hope outside of one's self.

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon...

The closer a man approaches tragedy the more intense is his concentration of emotion upon...

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks

Betrayal is the only truth that sticks

A playwright lives in an occupied country. And if you can't live that way you...

A playwright lives in an occupied country. And if you can't live that way you...

I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say...

I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say...

I understand [Willy Loman's] longing for immortality Willy's writing his name in a cake of...

I understand [Willy Loman's] longing for immortality Willy's writing his name in a cake of...

I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say...

I know that my works are a credit to this nation and I dare say...

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

Without alienation, there can be no politics.

The people of your culture cling with fanatical tenacity to the specialness of man. They...

The people of your culture cling with fanatical tenacity to the specialness of man. They...

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that...

Most political leaders acquire their position by causing large numbers of people to believe that...