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"The reason why the real threat is the far right is that they have the Bible. And the Bible is a masterpiece.(...) The people who all they have is the Bible actually are set up for life. Not only do they have a spiritual vision given to them but artistic fulfillment."

"We are getting worse writing, worse art. Part of the reason for the much worse writing is that young people have so many other distractions in terms of their time—so many things to do, that reading books has just shriveled."

"There is a kind of humanitarian do-gooder mentality abroad in the public schools these days, which is like, “We all get along. Here’s our quota. We are going to read the poem by the African American, the poem by the Native American. The poem by the Chicano.” Like that. There is no more quality."

"Leftists are supposedly speaking for the people. But they have disdain for the people.(...) The people vote. So the leftist claim that what they are doing is for the people but when the people show what’s on their mind, [in a scolding voice] “Oh no, you are so ignorant.” So all we have are armchair leftists. There is no real leftism. In the ‘60s I knew real leftists. Real leftists were truly proletarian."

"You don’t have that small, factory-town complex anymore. What’s nauseating is the way our executive class has been looting the companies. So I blame—I don’t blame capitalism, I blame the passivity of the boards [of directors] that have permitted this incredible millions and millions of remuneration and golden parachutes of people at the top and there is such a gap from people actually doing the work."

Trechos da entrevista (indignada) de Camille Paglia para a "The Morning News". Imperdivel.