David Horowitz Quotes


It is the human wish to be told lies that keep us as primitive morally and socially as we are. I am persuaded that a lie grounded in human desire is too powerful for mere reason to kill.


Citations

Horowitz, David. Radical Son: A Generational Odyssey. Free Press, 1997, p. 385.

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David Horowitz
David Horowitz
  • Born: January 10, 1939
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Writer

David Joel Horowitz is an American conservative writer. He is a founder and president of the think tank the David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC); editor of the Center's publication, FrontPage Magazine; and director of Discover the Networks, a website that tracks individuals and groups on the political left. Horowitz also founded the organization Students for Academic Freedom.