The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find.

Quote by Freda Adler

Topics: Controversy Quotes

Major social movements eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because...

Major social movements eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because...

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in...

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in...

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification...

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification...

The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers...

The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers...

The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge...

The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge...

That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative...

That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative...

Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its...

Woman throughout the ages has been mistress to the law, as man has been its...

Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.

Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.

The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately...

The Rubicons which women must cross, the sex barriers which they must breach, are ultimately...

Why is there so much controversy about drug testing? I know plenty of guys who...

Why is there so much controversy about drug testing? I know plenty of guys who...

I believe in the necessity for struggle by people at the bottom of any society.

I believe in the necessity for struggle by people at the bottom of any society.

There is no controversy within science over the core proposition of evolutionary theory.

There is no controversy within science over the core proposition of evolutionary theory.

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth...

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth...

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good...

The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good...

Sometimes its controversy, but we all have our choices that we make.

Sometimes its controversy, but we all have our choices that we make.

For what I wrote that started this whole controversy, I deserved to be criticized, and...

For what I wrote that started this whole controversy, I deserved to be criticized, and...

I had hoped that the current presidential campaign debates might educate the public as to...

I had hoped that the current presidential campaign debates might educate the public as to...

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define...

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define...

If it matters, it produces controversy.

If it matters, it produces controversy.

There was endless controversy as to whether the acts of the New Deal did actually...

There was endless controversy as to whether the acts of the New Deal did actually...