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American Life Quotes by Herbert Croly
- The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of…
- To the European immigrant - that is, to the aliens who have been converted into Americans by the advantages of American life - the Promise…
- When the Promise of American life is conceived as a national ideal, whose fulfillment is a matter of artful and laborious work, the effect thereof…
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- It seems to be a law in American life that whatever enriches us anywhere except in the wallet inevitably becomes uneconomic. — Russell Baker
- Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life. — John F. Kennedy
- It is a commonplace of American life that immigrants have made our country great and continue to make a very important contribution… — William J. Clinton
- Hippy is an establishment label for a profound, invisible, underground, evolutionary process. For every visible hippy, barefoot, beflowered, beaded, there are a… — Timothy Leary
- Our highest ambition is to be included in the stream of American life, to be permitted to "play the game" as any… — Chester Himes
- Part of the success of This American Life, I think, is due to the fact that none of us sound like we… — Sarah Vowell
- The Program further aims to make the benefits of American culture and technology available to the world and to enrich American life… — J. William Fulbright
- In such places as Greenwich Village, a menage-a-trois was completed- the bohemian and the juvenile delinquent came face-to-face with the Negro, and… — Norman Mailer
- The whole inspiration of our civilization springs from the teachings of Christ and the lessons of the prophets. To read the Bible… — Herbert Hoover
- I am very hostile to religion because it is enormously dominant, especially in American life. And I don't buy the argument that,… — Richard Dawkins
- One of the grotesqueries of present-day American life is the amount of reasoning that goes into displaying the wisdom secreted in bad… — Harold Rosenberg
- The quality of American life is an insult to the possibilities of human growth... the pollution of American space, with gadgetry and… — Susan Sontag