“I should esteem it the extreme of imprudence to prolong the precarious state of our national affairs, and to expose the Union to the jeopardy of successive experiments, in the chimerical pursuit of a perfect plan. I never expect to see a perfect work from imperfect man. The result of the deliberations of all collective bodies must necessarily be a compound, as well of the errors and prejudices, as of the good sense and wisdom, of the individuals of whom they are composed.” MenShouldWellsStatesBodyIndividualPerfectResultsPlansPrejudiceUnionsErrorsAffairExtremesPursuitExperimentsEsteemCollectivesImperfectGood SenseCompoundsPrecariousJeopardyDeliberationPerfect ManNever ExpectPerfect WorkImperfect Man Book:The federalist papers Source: The federalist papers
“But we are as other men, exactly. Of one blood, one species, one brain, one figure, one fundamental set of collective instincts, one solitary body of information, one everything. Superiority and inferiority are individual, not racial or national.” MenBodyIndividualBrainBloodFiguresInformationFundamentalsInstinctSpeciesCollectivesSolitarySuperiorityInferiority Author:Philip Wylie
“As a man of the Congress, let me reaffirm my conviction that the collective wisdom of our two great legislative bodies while not infallible will in the end serve the people faithfully and very, very well.” PeopleMenWellsTwoEndsBodyLet MeCongressConvictionCollectivesInfallibleCollective Wisdom Author:Gerald R. Ford
“Violence wounds the body and it wounds the soul. Of the predator. Of the prey. Of the mourners. Of collective humanity. It diminishes us all.” SoulBodyHumanityViolenceWoundsCollectivesDiminishPreyPredator Book:Break No Bones: A Novel Source: Break No Bones: A Novel