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> [Modern equalitarian societies whether democratic or authoritarian in their political forms, always base themselves on the claim that they are making life happier. Happiness thus becomes the chief political issue -- in a sense, the only political issue -- and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-warshow/modern-equalitarian-societies-whether-democratic-or-authoritarian-in/)

[Robert Warshow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-warshow/)

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## More by Robert Warshow

> [A man goes to the movies. The critic must be honest enough to admit that he is that man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-warshow/a-man-goes-to-the-movies-the-critic-must-be-honest-enough-to-admit/)

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> [The New Yorker has always dealt with experience not by trying to understand it but by prescribing the attitude to be adopted toward it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-warshow/the-new-yorker-has-always-dealt-with-experience-not-by-trying-to/)

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> [The experience of the gangster as an experience of art is universal to Americans. There is almost nothing we understand better or react to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-warshow/the-experience-of-the-gangster-as-an-experience-of-art-is-universal/)

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> [In the deeper layers of the modern consciousnessevery attempt to succeed is an act of aggression, leaving one alone and guilty and defenseless among…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-warshow/in-the-deeper-layers-of-the-modern-consciousnessevery-attempt-to/)

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> [Nobody seriously questions the principle that it is the function of mass culture to maintain public morale, and certainly nobody in the mass audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-warshow/nobody-seriously-questions-the-principle-that-it-is-the-function-of/)

[Robert Warshow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-warshow/)

> [Modern equalitarian societies whether democratic or authoritarian in their political forms, always base themselves on the claim that they are making life happier. Happiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-warshow/modern-equalitarian-societies-whether-democratic-or-authoritarian-in/)

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