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A prominent leader in the British Communist Party and committed defender of the Soviet Union. Although he used to be an energetic and compassionate organizer, he has since become jaded and authoritarian, invariably ignoring Anna’s recommendations that the Party avoid publishing mediocre books. His authoritarianism demonstrates the pitfalls of long-term political commitments that put dogma over independent critical thought.
Comrade John Butte Quotes in The Golden Notebook
The The Golden Notebook quotes below are all either spoken by Comrade John Butte or refer to Comrade John Butte. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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15th September, 1954
A normal day. During the course of a discussion with John Butte and Jack I decided to leave the Party. I must now be careful not to start hating the Party in the way we do hate stages of our life we have outgrown. Noted signs of it already: moments of disliking Jack which were quite irrational. Janet as usual, no problems. Molly worried, I think with reason, over Tommy. She has a hunch he will marry his new girl. Well, her hunches usually come off. I realized that Michael had finally decided to break it off. I must pull myself together.
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Comrade John Butte Quotes in The Golden Notebook
The The Golden Notebook quotes below are all either spoken by Comrade John Butte or refer to Comrade John Butte. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
The Notebooks: 2
Quotes
15th September, 1954
A normal day. During the course of a discussion with John Butte and Jack I decided to leave the Party. I must now be careful not to start hating the Party in the way we do hate stages of our life we have outgrown. Noted signs of it already: moments of disliking Jack which were quite irrational. Janet as usual, no problems. Molly worried, I think with reason, over Tommy. She has a hunch he will marry his new girl. Well, her hunches usually come off. I realized that Michael had finally decided to break it off. I must pull myself together.
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