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“American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation.”

Quote by Herbert Croly

Book:The Promise of American Life

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The Promise of American Life

A seminal work analyzing the American Dream and its evolution over time, exploring its influence on social, economic, and cultural aspects of American life. more

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Herbert Croly was an American political writer and critic, known for his contributions to political theory and his influence on Progressive Era politics. His seminal work, 'The Promise of American Life,' advocated for a more active government role in the economy and society. more

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“Had it not been for the Atlantic Ocean and the virgin wilderness, the United States would never have been the Land of Promise.”

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“In Jefferson's mind democracy was tantamount to extreme individualism.”

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“Let it be immediately added, however, that this economic independence and prosperity has always been absolutely associated in the American mind with free political institutions.”

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“Of course, Americans have no monopoly of patriotic enthusiasm and good faith.”

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“The higher American patriotism, on the other hand, combines loyalty to historical tradition and precedent with the imaginative projection of an ideal national Promise.”

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“So far I, at least, have no fault to find with implications of Hamilton's Federalism, but unfortunately his policy was in certain other respects tainted with a more doubtful tendency.”

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“The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the adoption of the Constitution by the states.”

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“The American economic, political, and social organization has given to its citizens the benefits of material prosperity, political liberty, and a wholesome natural equality; and this achievement is a gain, not only to Americans, but to the world and to civilization.”

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“The more consciously democratic Americans became, however, the less they were satisfied with a conception of the Promised Land, which went no farther than a pervasive economic prosperity guaranteed by free institutions.”

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“The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.”

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