"I am not concerned with dodging the odium……" — Herbert Croly
"I am not concerned with dodging the odium of the word. The proposed definition of democracy is socialistic . . . (democracy) should be characterized not so much socialistic, as unscrupulously and loyally nationalistic."
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Herbert Croly
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32 Quotes by Herbert Croly
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In the long run men inevitably become the victims of their wealth. They adapt their lives and habits to their…
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The average American is nothing if not patriotic.
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The national school is not a lecture hall or a library. Its schooling consists chiefly in experimental collective action aimed…
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Democracy must stand or fall on a platform of possible human perfectibility. If human nature cannot be improved by institutions,…
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If it be true that democracy is based upon the assumption that every man shall serve his fellow man, the…
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The majority of men cannot be made disinterested for life by exhortation, by religious services, by any expenditure of subsidized…
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I am not a prophet in any sense of the word, and I entertain an active and intense dislike of…
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Democracy may mean something more than a theoretically absolute popular government, but it assuredly cannot mean anything less.
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American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation.
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Had it not been for the Atlantic Ocean and the virgin wilderness, the United States would never have been the…
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In Jefferson's mind democracy was tantamount to extreme individualism.
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Let it be immediately added, however, that this economic independence and prosperity has always been absolutely associated in the American…
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