“In our democratic culture people often think it is threatening to judge another person's taste. Some are even offended by the suggestion that there is a difference between good and bad taste, or that it matters what you look at or read or listen to.” PeopleThinkingLooksPersonsMatterCultureDifferencesJudgingTasteDemocraticSuggestionsThreateningOffendedGood And BadBad Taste Author:Roger Scruton
“I think there is a potential civic culture in Arab countries that can lead to democratic institutions and I think Iraq is probably the best place to put that proposition to the test Well, you're going to find a disproportionate number of Jews in any sort of intellectual undertaking.” ThinkingWellsCountryCultureNumbersIntellectualTestsInstitutionsDemocraticIraqJewPropositionsCivicsUndertakingsBest Place Author:Richard Perle
“the pyramids were built for pharaohs on the happy theory that they could take their stuff with them. Versailles was built for kings on the theory that they should live surrounded by the finest stuff. The Mall of America is built on the premise that we should all be able to afford this stuff. It may be a shallow culture, but it's by-God democratic. Sneer if you dare; this is something new in world history.” IfsWorldShouldMayAbleAmericaCultureStuffTheoryKingsBuiltDemocraticDareSomething NewShoppingConsumerismFinestShallowWorld HistoryPremisesPyramidsMallsSneerPharaohsVersailles Book:You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You Source: You Got to Dance with Them What Brung You
“The culture of the United States has flooded the world. It's the inevitable result of a powerful culture, art. We've got an instinctive touch when it comes to the popular mind because we've had no aristocracy. It is a democratic country. And we know without knowing it, without bothering to understand it, how to reach ordinary people, sometimes with the most vulgar, worthless junk on the face of the earth, but we know how to do it [laughter].” PeopleKnowsWorldMindArtCountrySometimesStatesEarthFacesCultureUnitedResultsPowerfulUnited StatesKnow HowKnowingLaughterOrdinaryDemocraticInevitableBotherWorthlessVulgarOrdinary PeopleJunkAristocracyDemocratic Country Author:Arthur Miller