“By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and new visions of an America beyond traditional racial categories and racial oppression.” MaySelfAmericaValuesBlackInterestWhiteVisionIdentityInstitutionsTraditionalOppressionCategoriesBlack And WhiteConstructsSelf InterestSelectiveNew VisionRacial Identity Book:Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American Politics Source: Beyond Black and White: Transforming African-American Politics
“Women's liberation, if not the most extreme then certainly the most influential neo-Marxist movement in America, has done to the American home what communism did to the Russian economy, and most of the ruin is irreversible. By defining relations between men and women in terms of power and competition instead of reciprocity and cooperation, the movement tore apart the most basic and fragile contract in human society, the unit from which all other social institutions draw their strength.” IfsMenHumansDoneHomeAmericaSocialTermEconomyMovementDrawsMen And WomenRelationInstitutionsCompetitionExtremesRuinsCommunismLiberationContractsCooperationFragileUnitsDefiningInfluentialHuman SocietyMarxistReciprocityIrreversibleSocial InstitutionsRussian Economy Author:Ruth Wisse
“At one with the power of the American landscape, and renowned for the patient skill and timeless beauty of his work, photographer Ansel Adams has been visionary in his efforts to preserve this country's wild and scenic areas, both in film and on Earth. Drawn to the beauty of nature's monuments, he is regarded by environmentalists as a monument himself, and by photographers as a national institution. It is through his foresight and fortitude that so much of America has been saved for future Americans.” Has BeensCountryEarthAmericaFilmEffortSkillsAreasInstitutionsPatientPhotographerSavedLandscapePreservesTimelessFortitudeMonumentVisionariesForesightEnvironmentalistNature BeautyRenownedScenicAmerican Landscape Author:Ansel Adams
“It has become clear that America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long - relative to what we spend on the military, and more important, relative to the responsibilities and challenges our nation has around the world.” WorldLongHas BeensImportantAmericaNationsChallengesResponsibilityClearMilitaryDevelopmentInstitutionsAround The WorldRelativeDiplomacyCivilians Author:Robert M. Gates
“When a republic's most venerable institutions no longer operate as they were intended, it becomes possible for small cabals to usurp power, and, while keeping the forms, corrupt the function of those institutions for their own ends. Looking at things that way, the George W. Bush presidency has been both result and symptom of the decadence of America's constitutional mechanisms.” WayHas BeensEndsAmericaFormResultsFunctionInstitutionsRepublicMechanismPresidencySymptomsDecadenceCabal Author:T. D. Allman
“Cease to brag to me of America, and its model institutions and constitutions. America, too, will have to strain its energies, crack its sinews, and all but break its heart, as the rest of us have had to do, in thousand-fold wrestle with the Pythons, and mud-demons, before it can become a babitation for the gods.” HeartAmericaEnergyBreakThousandModelsConstitutionInstitutionsCeaseDemonCracksMudStrainFoldsBragPython Book:The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle Source: The Selected Works of Thomas Carlyle
“Freedom, by its nature, must be chosen, and defended by citizens, and sustained by the rule of law and the protection of minorities. And when the soul of a nation finally speaks, the institutions that arise may reflect customs and traditions very different from our own. America will not impose our own style of government on the unwilling. Our goal instead is to help others find their own voice, attain their own freedom, and make their own way.” WayMayDifferentSoulHelpingGovernmentAmericaLawSpeakNationsGoalVoiceStyleCitizensTraditionInstitutionsProtectionHelping OthersAriseChosenMinoritiesCustomsUnwillingRule Of LawCustoms And Traditions Author:George W. Bush