Crusades Quote by Irving Babbitt Download Open image “Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.” — Irving Babbitt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crusades Democracy Imperialism
Building democracy as an imposition from abroad is a form of imperialism. — Lech Walesa Copy Share Image
There is no connection between imperialism and democracy. I mean when we ran an Empire which we did when I was born, there was… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
For our democracy has been marred by imperialism, and it has been enlightened only by individual and sporadic efforts at freedom. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
Advocating democracy has, by other people, often been taken as a form of imperialism, and not without some justification. So the important thing in… — George Soros Copy Share Image
When it becomes dominated by a collectivist creed, democracy will inevitably destroy itself. — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands. — Jesse Helms Copy Share Image
In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or later have their revenge;… — William Ralph Inge Copy Share Image
The essence of what exists in the U.S. is not democracy but capitalism - imperialism. What the U.S. spreads around the world is not… — Bob Avakian Copy Share Image
As a form of government, imperialism does not seek or require the consent of the governed. It is a pure form of tyranny. The… — Chalmers Johnson Copy Share Image
Robespierre, however, was not the type of leader finally destined to emerge from the Revolution. — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
The ultimate binding element in the medieval order was subordination to the divine will and its earthly representatives, notably the pope. — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
It is well to open one's mind but only as a preliminary to closing it ... for the supreme act of judgment and selection. — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that… — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of… — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity - the lust… — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards. — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of… — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to… — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
If quantitatively the American achievement is impressive, qualitatively it is somewhat less satisfying. — Irving Babbitt Copy Share Image
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Helen Crawfurd and the Women's Peace Crusade, made a march on the City Chambers, distributing an illegal leaflet in front of police and even… — Willie Gallacher Copy Share Image
Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
Well, for me, my favourite 'Indiana Jones' is 'The Last Crusade,' because you get tears in your eyes when you see the old guard… — Ray Winstone Copy Share Image
After more than two decades of trying to destroy the firearms rights of more than 80 million law-abiding American gun owners - and statistically… — Alan Gottlieb Copy Share Image
You know — we've had to imagine the war here, and we have imagined that it was being fought by aging men like ourselves.… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
When Conservatives crusade against government while they are trying to be appointed to head the government, I think that's weird! — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
Now that they talk about Islam as being a violent faith, when you look at the history of Christendom, the Crusades and the many… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
What we need are mental and spiritual giants who are aflame with a purpose . . . We're a race ready for crusade, for… — Nannie Helen Burroughs Copy Share Image
Many argue that Christianity is "different" from other religions - that it is primarily about love of one's fellow man. The Crusades, The Inquisition,… — Andrew Bernstein Copy Share Image
...until the Crusades Islam was indistinguishable from Judaism and... only then did it receive its independent character, while Muhammad and the first Caliphs are… — Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov Copy Share Image
