“For all the huffing and blowing we get about rugged individualism, the American spirit and the American experiment always have had at their heart the notion that the government is all of us and that, therefore, the government may keep things in trust for all of us.” HeartMayGovernmentSpiritNotionExperimentsIndividualismRuggedAmerican SpiritRugged IndividualismHuffing Author:Charlie Pierce
“Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men. Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person's qualities but on trust. It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.” MenHumansHeartPersonsQualityRiskTestsFellowsAffectionCriticalLoyaltyCoreExperimentsPreservesMentalityPuzzlesFellow ManHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsInitiateGregariousness Book:Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays Source: Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays