Anecdotes
Leon Trotsky is alleged to have said, "Everyone has the right to be stupid, but comrade Macdonald abuses the privilege" - a remark that reportedly delighted Macdonald. Some, such as John Lukacs, reckon that Macdonald probably invented the remark and attributed it to Trotsky. Macdonald's biographer Michael Wreszin was unable to find any source for the epigram except Macdonald himself.
During the Columbia University protests of 1968, Macdonald expressed disappointment about the many red flags on campus that symbolized revolution. He complained that there were no black flags to reflect "my anarchist tastes."
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