"Neither democracy nor effective representation is possible until……" — Lewis Mumford
"Neither democracy nor effective representation is possible until each participant in the group...devotes a measurable part of his life to furthering its existence."
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99 Quotes by Lewis Mumford
Lewis Mumford has 99 quotes on this site.
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Sport in the sense of a mass-spectacle, with death to add to the underlying excitement, comes into existence when a…
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Western society has accepted as unquestionable a technological imperative that is quite as arbitrary as the most primitive taboo: not…
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Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers.
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The chief enemy of peace is the spirit of unreason itself: an inability to conceive alternatives, an unwillingness to reconsider…
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By his very success in inventing labor-saving devices, modern man has manufactured an abyss of boredom that only the privileged…
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Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product.
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War is both the product of an earlier corruption, and a producer of new corruptions.
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In war, the army is not merely a pure consumer, but a negative producer...
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I would die happy if I knew that on my tombstone could be written these words, "This man was an…
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When vitality runs high, death takes men by surprise. But if they close their eyes to this possibility, what they…
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A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.
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Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.
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Our immigration system is a broken system that needs to be fixed. We need reform that provides hardworking people of…
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I am proud of my husband, Marcus, the love of my life, and his Swiss heritage. Even though I have…
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I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.
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It wouldn't matter whether you were Latino or Hispanic or Norwegian. If you didn't have proof of citizenship and if…
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Relegating women to second-class citizenship was abolished when Jesus died on the cross.
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I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary struggle of which I am…
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No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is…
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If you care about your personal liberty, you'll be cautious when you feel comfortable, blame all the illegal immigrants for…
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Citizenship to me is more than a piece of paper. Citizenship is also about character. I am an American. We're…
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Those who have come to the United States illegally should not be given amnesty or an easier path to citizenship…
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We are dealing with the question of the 11 million people paying their taxes, having a path to legalization and,…
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