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A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted — in the air. A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned to walk forward. A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards. A liberal is a man who uses his legs and his hands at the command of his head. -- FDR
2 comments:
Kerouac was really a suffering Catholic boy. I wonder if that conflict between his Catholic beliefs and the Beat wildness contributed to his drinking?
He seems to have been even more Catholic than Buddhist, although he had a deep interest in Buddhism. As for the suffering, and fighting himself -- religious belief vs. desire for freedom -- interestingly, that's an old story.
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