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And this right to dissent, on moral grounds, is something that Zinn rightfully pinpoints as essential to America’s self-conception.
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James Folta, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Musk borrowed his self-conception from these protagonists.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
These are all details of tone and temperament, and the relative absence of obvious and substantial policy achievements is part of the indictment against J.F.K. But the tone of a society is central to its self-conception.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Rather than allow such stereotypes to undercut my budding self-conception, my parents sought to put me into circumstances in which I was required to speak up and demonstrate my intelligence, not just to other people but also—and more importantly—to myself.
—Essence, 20 Sep. 2024
Community, especially among men who have regained their self-conception after a split and those still in process, might well be the answer.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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James Folta, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
Musk borrowed his self-conception from these protagonists.
—Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2025
These are all details of tone and temperament, and the relative absence of obvious and substantial policy achievements is part of the indictment against J.F.K. But the tone of a society is central to its self-conception.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
Rather than allow such stereotypes to undercut my budding self-conception, my parents sought to put me into circumstances in which I was required to speak up and demonstrate my intelligence, not just to other people but also—and more importantly—to myself.
—Essence, 20 Sep. 2024
Community, especially among men who have regained their self-conception after a split and those still in process, might well be the answer.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Self-conception.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-conception. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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