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Famous Edgar Friedenberg Quotes
“All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely.”
Source: Coming of Age in America
“So much of learning to be an American is learning not to let your individuality become a nuisance.”
“What we must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are.”
“The examined life has always been pretty well confined to a privileged class.”
Source: Coming of Age in America
“Only science can hope to keep technology in some sort of moral order.”
Source: Coming of Age in America
“Every major industrial society believes that it has a serious youth problem.”
“Romance, like alcohol, should be enjoyed but must not be allowed to become necessary.”