"In Jefferson's mind democracy was tantamount to extreme……" — Herbert Croly
"In Jefferson's mind democracy was tantamount to extreme individualism."
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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 concerned with dodging the odium of the word. The proposed definition of democracy is socialistic . .…
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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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Let it be immediately added, however, that this economic independence and prosperity has always been absolutely associated in the American…
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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the…
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Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best…
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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because…
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Jeans represent democracy in fashion.
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I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings…
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Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of…
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Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States.
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A functioning, robust democracy requires a healthy educated, participatory followership, and an educated, morally grounded leadership.
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Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and…
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Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers,…
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