No American is prepared to attend his own funeral without the services of highly skilled cosmeticians. Part of the American dream, after all, is to live long and die young. — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share Image
Adolescents tend to be passionate people, and passion is no less real because it is directed toward a hot-rod, a commercialized popular singer, or… — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share
Every major industrial society believes that it has a serious youth problem. — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share
Not only do most people accept violence if it is perpetuated by legitimate authority, they also regard violence against certain kinds of people as… — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share
Romance, like alcohol, should be enjoyed but must not be allowed to become necessary. — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share
Every major industrial society believes it has a serious youth problem. — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share
No American is prepared to attend his own funeral without the services of highly skilled cosmeticians. Part of the American dream, after all, is… — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share
What we must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are. — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share
The atmosphere [in the school lunchroom] is not quite that of a prison, because the students are permitted to talk quietly, under the frowning… — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share
Most Americans would say that they disapproved of violence. But what they really mean is that they believe it should be the monopoly of… — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share
Canadians are more polite when they are being rude than Americans are when they are being friendly. — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share
In a world as empirical as ours, a youngster who does not know what he is good at will not be sure what he… — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share
What is learned in high school, or for that matter anywhere at all, depends far less on what is taught than on what one… — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share
It is idle to talk of civil liberties to adults who were systematically taught in adolescence that they had none; and it is sheer… — Edgar Friedenberg Copy Share
