"It was not apathy. It was an intelligent disinterest in those things that could have no bearing on one's existence."
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"Putting it in plain terms, the general public must be reduced to its traditional apathy and obedience, and driven from the arena of political debate and action, if democracy is to survive."
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"By "trampling upon the helpless abroad" with unchecked surveillance, Americans have learned, "by a natural process, to endure with apathy the like at home.""
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"Is it ignorance or apathy, I forget the lessons taught to me."
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"I said I wasn't interested, and she was bright enough to say that she wasn't really interested either. As things turned out, we both overestimated our apathies, but not that much."
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