Thoughts on Liberty, With an Assist From Benjamin Constant

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6/5/2023Updated: 6/6/2023

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Writing on the anniversary of the “Tank Man” incident in Tiananmen Square (June 5, 1989), I find myself thinking about some signal anatomists of the totalitarian impulse.

Roger Kimball

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Roger Kimball is the editor and publisher of The New Criterion and publisher of Encounter Books. His most recent book is “Where Next? Western Civilization at the Crossroads.”

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