Fulke Greville Quotes
Men often prove the violence of their own prejudices, even by the violence with which they attack the prejudices of other people.
Greville, Fulke. Maxims, Characters, and Reflections, Critical, Satirical, and Moral. J. and R. Tonson, 1756.
This musical was a profound attack on the essence of racial segregation at a time when discrimination was legal and practiced throughout the country and almost universally in the South. Southern politicians castigated the song, the show, and especially Hammerstein who they called a Communist for promoting such radical views. Ironically, South Pacific became one of the most frequently produced High School Shows by 1979 and remained so into the 21st century including in the South. See {634644} for the lyrics to his most famous political song.
Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, de jure 13th Baron Latimer and 5th Baron Willoughby de Broke KB PC, known before 1621 as Sir Fulke Greville, was an Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1581 and 1621, when he was raised to the peerage.
