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> [Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/unless-the-great-majority-of-americans-not-only-have-but-believe-they/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

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## More by Herbert Croly

> [The average American is nothing if not patriotic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/the-average-american-is-nothing-if-not-patriotic/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

> [The national school is not a lecture hall or a library. Its schooling consists chiefly in experimental collective action aimed at the realization of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/the-national-school-is-not-a-lecture-hall-or-a-library-its-schooling/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

> [The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/the-adoption-by-jefferson-and-the-republicans-of-the-political/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

> [If it be true that democracy is based upon the assumption that every man shall serve his fellow man, the organization of democracy should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/if-it-be-true-that-democracy-is-based-upon-the-assumption-that-every/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

> [When the Promise of American life is conceived as a national ideal, whose fulfillment is a matter of artful and laborious work, the effect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/when-the-promise-of-american-life-is-conceived-as-a-national-ideal/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

> [The combination of Federalism and Republicanism which formed the substance of the system, did not constitute a progressive and formative political principle, but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/the-combination-of-federalism-and-republicanism-which-formed-the/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

> [Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/democracy-may-mean-something-more-than-a-theoretically-absolute/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

> [When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was almost completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/when-jefferson-and-the-republicans-rallied-to-the-union-and-to-the/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

> [The years between 1800 and 1825 were distinguished, so far as our domestic development was concerned, by the growth of the Western pioneer Democracy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/the-years-between-1800-and-1825-were-distinguished-so-far-as-our/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

> [The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/the-constitution-was-the-expression-not-only-of-a-political-faith-but/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

> [The only fruitful promise of which the life of any individual or any nation can be possessed, is a promise determined by an ideal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/the-only-fruitful-promise-of-which-the-life-of-any-individual-or-any/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

> [Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/unless-the-great-majority-of-americans-not-only-have-but-believe-they/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

> [Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/of-course-americans-have-no-monopoly-of-patriotic-enthusiasm-and-good/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

> [The majority of men cannot be made disinterested for life by exhortation, by religious services, by any expenditure of subsidized works, or even by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/the-majority-of-men-cannot-be-made-disinterested-for-life-by/)

[Herbert Croly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-croly/)

> [Democracy must stand or fall on a platform of possible human perfectibility. If human nature cannot be improved by institutions, democracy is at best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-croly/democracy-must-stand-or-fall-on-a-platform-of-possible-human/)

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