"I never thought I would see the day when America (which is based on the idea of liberty, from which the word Liberal comes) would become so self-centered and hypocritical. I mean if a democracy considers liberal to be a term of abuse, then we should be terrified. A liberal is someone who believes in liberty. And if it is wrong to be liberal, then the other side has to be fascist."
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Derek Walcott in an interview with J.P. White 1990, page 165 in Conversations with Derek Walcott, published 1996.
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