The single best part of Ernesto Laclau's On Populist Reason:

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There is an ethical imperative in intellectual work, which Leonardo called 'obsinate rigour'. It means, in practical terms--and especially when one is dealing with political matters, which are always highly charged with emotion--that one has to resist several temptations. They can be condensed into a single formula: never succumb to the terrorism of words. As Freud wrote, one must avoid making concessions to faintheartedness: 'One can never tell where that road may lead one; one gives way first in words, and then little by little in substance too.'

LACLAU FUCK YEAH!