Perfectibility Quotes
- 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… — Herbert Croly
- Anarchism is no patent solution for all human problems, no Utopia of a perfect social order, as it has often been called, since on principle… — Rudolf Rocker
- Roddenberry had his own utopian vision about he perfectibility of man, and I never really believed that. And I don’t think the show demonstrates that.… — Nicholas Meyer
- Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species. — William Godwin
- We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of the educability of man-the perfectibility of man. We have never addressed ourselves to… — Jerome Bruner
- A concern with the perfectibility of mankind is always a symptom of thwarted or perverted development. — Hugh Kingsmill
- Although I held public office for a total of sixteen years, I also thought of myself as a citizen-politician, not a career one. Every now… — Ronald Reagan
- I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature. — John Steinbeck
- The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit—for gallantry in defeat, for courage, compassion and… — John Steinbeck