Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-3] of 3 Edward A. Shils quotesEdward A. Shils QuotesEdward A. Shils A free society can exist only when public spirit is balanced by an equal inclination of men to mind their own business.~ Edward A. Shils The obsessive fear of secrets culminates in the denial of the right of private difference, which is the denial of the right of others to possess a sphere of privacy.~ Edward A. Shils The peculiar idea of moral infection in the consequence of association with individuals of indelible wickedness leads to the notion of “guilt by association.”~ Edward A. Shils Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print