"Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic……" — William James
"Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark."
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484 Quotes by William James
William James has 484 quotes on this site.
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I take it that no man is educated who has never dallied with the thought of suicide.
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Success plus Self-esteem equals Pretensions.
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To know psychology, therefore, is absolutely no guarantee that we shall be good teacher.
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There is a stream, a succession of states, or waves, or fields (or whatever you please to call them), of…
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Man, whatever else he may be, is primarily a practical being, whose mind is given him to aid in adapting…
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No reception without reaction, no impression without correlative expression, -this is the great maxim which the teacher ought never to…
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Habit is second nature, or rather . . . ten times nature.
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We must make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many useful actions as we can, and as carefully…
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It is astonishing how many mental operations we can explain when we have once grasped the principles of association
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The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of…
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Any object not interesting in itself may become interesting through becoming associated with an object in which an interest already…
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An idea will infect another with its own emotional interest when they have become both associated together into any sort…
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More Bulwark Quotes
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one of 49 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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...The greatest bulwark of capitalism is militarism.
— Emma Goldman
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Only an armed people can be the real bulwark of popular liberty.
— Vladimir Lenin
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Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark.
— Walter Lippmann
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...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities;…
— James Madison
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If they are incorporated into the Constitution, independent tribunals of justice will consider themselves in a peculiar manner the guardians…
— James Madison
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I expect we shall be told, that the Militia of the country is its natural bulwark, and would be at…
— Alexander Hamilton
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I come closer to my desk as to a bulwark against life.
— Fernando Pessoa
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It is asserted by most respectable writers upon our government, that a well-regulated militia, composed of the yeomanry of the…
— John L. DeWitt
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The Founding Fathers did not believe the primary purpose of their guns was to hunt ducks, but to keep the…
— John Coleman
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An armed and trained militia is the firmest bulwark of republics - that without standing armies their liberty can never…
— James Madison
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The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both…
— Herbert Croly
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The organized workers of America, free in their industrial life, conscious partners in production, secure in their homes and enjoying…
— John L. Lewis
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