Democracy must stand or fall on a platform of possible human perfectibility. If human nature cannot be improved by institutions, democracy is at best a more than usually safe form of political organization . . . . But if it… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
The national school is not a lecture hall or a library. Its schooling consists chiefly in experimental collective action aimed at the realization of… — Herbert Croly Copy Share
The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the… — Herbert Croly Copy Share
If it be true that democracy is based upon the assumption that every man shall serve his fellow man, the organization of democracy should… — Herbert Croly Copy Share
When the Promise of American life is conceived as a national ideal, whose fulfillment is a matter of artful and laborious work, the effect… — Herbert Croly Copy Share
The combination of Federalism and Republicanism which formed the substance of the system, did not constitute a progressive and formative political principle, but it… — Herbert Croly Copy Share
Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less. — Herbert Croly Copy Share
When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was almost completely… — Herbert Croly Copy Share
The years between 1800 and 1825 were distinguished, so far as our domestic development was concerned, by the growth of the Western pioneer Democracy… — Herbert Croly Copy Share
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of… — Herbert Croly Copy Share
The only fruitful promise of which the life of any individual or any nation can be possessed, is a promise determined by an ideal. — Herbert Croly Copy Share
Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromised. — Herbert Croly Copy Share
Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith. — Herbert Croly Copy Share
The majority of men cannot be made disinterested for life by exhortation, by religious services, by any expenditure of subsidized works, or even by… — Herbert Croly Copy Share
Democracy must stand or fall on a platform of possible human perfectibility. If human nature cannot be improved by institutions, democracy is at best… — Herbert Croly Copy Share
