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The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

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For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual.
A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause…
The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.
A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him…
Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility…
The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.
The humanitarian lays stress almost solely upon breadth of knowledge and sympathy.
An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect…
The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in…
A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about…
If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying.

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