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Lewis H. Lapham is an American writer born on January 8, 1935. He is known for his distinctive literary style and profound insights into American society and politics.

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“Wars might come and go, but the seven o'clock news lives forever.”

War Might Forever News Seven Clock Comes And Goes

Book:Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion

Source: Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil Religion

“Nobody suffers the pain of birth or the anguish of loving a child in order for presidents to make wars, for governments to feed on the substance of their people, for insurance companies to cheat the young and rob the old.”

People Children War Government Kids Pain Young Suffering Order President Company Birth Substance Cheat Anguish Insurance Companies

Author:Lewis H. Lapham

“The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less fortunate the chance of war presents itself as a possible bountiful friend.”

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Author:Lewis H. Lapham

“The genius of capitalism consists precisely in its lack of morality. Unless he is rich enough to hire his own choir, a capitalist is a fellow who, by definition, can ill afford to believe in anything other than the doctrine of the bottom line. Deprive a capitalist of his God-given right to lie and cheat and steal, and the poor sap stands a better than even chance of becoming one of the abominable wards of the state from whose grimy fingers the Reagan Administration hopes to snatch the ark of democracy.”

“As many as six out of ten American adults have never read a book of any kind, and the bulletins from the nation’s educational frontiers read like the casualty reports from a lost war.”

Kind Book War Lost Nations Ten Six Adults Educational Reports Frontiers Casualties

Book:Gag Rule: On the Suppression of Dissent and the Stifling of Democracy

Source: Gag Rule: On the Suppression of Dissent and the Stifling of Democracy

About the Author

Born: January 8, 1935
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 92

Books & Sources

Money and Class in America: Notes and Observations on the Civil ReligionRelated source material

Waiting for the BarbariansRelated source material

Gag Rule: On the Suppression of Dissent and the Stifling of DemocracyRelated source material

High Technology and Human FreedomRelated source material

Hotel America: Scenes in the Lobby of the Fin-de-siècleRelated source material

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