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> [The establishment uses that rationale all the time, and that's why we do what we do. But leadership requires some understanding that you can say no. People have base instincts, but the transcendent also appeal to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/the-establishment-uses-that-rationale-all-the-time-and-that-s-why-we/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

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## More by Norman Lear

> [When we went on the air, I didn't want to be interrupted for an act-one curtain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/when-we-went-on-the-air-i-didn-t-want-to-be-interrupted-for-an-act/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [In this nation, leadership is dollars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/in-this-nation-leadership-is-dollars/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [The American people may not be the best-educated, but they're very wise at heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/the-american-people-may-not-be-the-best-educated-but-they-re-very/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [Maybe they continued to agree with Archie Bunker - as I said earlier, you can't change people's minds, but you can get them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/maybe-they-continued-to-agree-with-archie-bunker-as-i-said-earlier/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [I think if you're feeling great about where you are, everything that led up to it had to be terrific.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/i-think-if-you-re-feeling-great-about-where-you-are-everything-that/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [Life goes on pretty much the same way. I've been working on a couple of films on the side. You may see some more.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/life-goes-on-pretty-much-the-same-way-i-ve-been-working-on-a-couple/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [If there is a reason to believe in God, it would be the Havana Leaf.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/if-there-is-a-reason-to-believe-in-god-it-would-be-the-havana-leaf/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [In my 90-plus years, I have lived a multitude of lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/in-my-90-plus-years-i-have-lived-a-multitude-of-lives/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [America is a country of excess.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/america-is-a-country-of-excess/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [We just may be the most well-informed, yet least self-aware, people in history.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/we-just-may-be-the-most-well-informed-yet-least-self-aware-people-in/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [The people responsible for the dollars that will buy the sex and violence so many deplore, don't even know what's going - well, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/the-people-responsible-for-the-dollars-that-will-buy-the-sex-and/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [... For all our alarm, it is clear that the religious right is responding to a real hunger in our society... a deep-seated yearning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/for-all-our-alarm-it-is-clear-that-the-religious-right-is-responding/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [The movies had a slogan at the time, to distinguish themselves from TV, that said 'movies are better than ever.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/the-movies-had-a-slogan-at-the-time-to-distinguish-themselves-from-tv/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [I think Americans have become a - much more a nation of consumers than citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/i-think-americans-have-become-a-much-more-a-nation-of-consumers-than/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

> [My dad called me meat head dead from the neck up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-lear/my-dad-called-me-meat-head-dead-from-the-neck-up/)

[Norman Lear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-lear/)

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