“Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols -- it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil, are worse than indifferent to them.”
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Hazlitt, W. (n.d.). Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols -- it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil, are worse than indifferent to them. [Quotation]. Famous Quotations Network. Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/27772-mankind-are-an-incorrigible-race-give-them-but/
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Hazlitt, William. “Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols -- it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil, are worse than indifferent to them.” Famous Quotations Network, https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/27772-mankind-are-an-incorrigible-race-give-them-but/. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
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Hazlitt, William. “Mankind are an incorrigible race. Give them but bugbears and idols -- it is all that they ask; the distinctions of right and wrong, of truth and falsehood, of good and evil, are worse than indifferent to them.” Famous Quotations Network. Accessed October 24, 2026. https://www.famous-quotations.com/quotes/27772-mankind-are-an-incorrigible-race-give-them-but/.