“The society of Christendom and especially of Western Christendom up to the explosion, which we call the Reformation, had been a society of owners: a Proprietarial Society. It was one in which there remained strong bonds between one class and another, and in which there was a hierarchy of superior and inferior, but not, in the main, a distinction between a restricted body of possessors and a main body of destitute at the mercy of the possessors, such as our society has become.” WisdomBodyPoliticsStrongClassEconomyMercyWesternSuperiorsLiberalismDistinctionOur SocietyOwnersInferiorsHierarchyExplosionsReformationChristendomDestituteStrong Bond Book:The Crisis Of Civilization Source: The Crisis Of Civilization
“Taxation has its limitations as a method of achieving better economic distribution since for this purpose it is essentially remedial. We must also take a positive approach by finding new ways to spread ownership of future capital growth more broadly in our society.” WayWisdomPurposePoliticsGrowthEconomyEconomicAchieveFindingsApproachMethodSpreadLimitationLiberalismOur SocietyOwnershipNew WaysDistributionTaxation Book:The second American revolution: some personal observations Source: The second American revolution: some personal observations
“Classifications and distinctions based on race or color have no moral or legal validity in our society. They are contrary to our constitution and laws.” LawPoliticsRaceMoralColorConstitutionContraryDistinctionOur SocietyValidityClassification Author:Thurgood Marshall
“A university is not a service station. Neither is it a political society, nor a meeting place for political societies. With all its limitations and failures, and they are invariably many, it is the best and most benign side of our society insofar as that society aims to cherish the human mind.” MenMindHumansPoliticalPoliticsSidesFailureAimMeetingsUniversityLimitationOur SocietyStationsCherishHuman MindBenign Author:Richard Hofstadter
“There is a cannibalism that's loose in our society in which public figures such as the Clintons could try to come into this town and do something good for this country and then they get hammered away even though they're trying to do the right thing.” TryingCountryPoliticsFiguresTownsClintonRight ThingOur SocietyCannibalismPublic FiguresHammered Author:David Gergen
“There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.” MenInspirationalWarGovernmentPoliticsFreedomLibertyPowerDemocracyDangerTrustOughtOur SocietyPatrioticAnti WarAntiwarPatriotMaximsFreedom And LibertyFreedom LibertyPolitical PowerDemocracies HaveBearing ArmsAmerican GovernmentFree GovernmentRights And FreedomsAmerican LibertyPublic TrustGovernment And SocietyGovernment And PoliticsPower GovernmentPower PoliticsEndangerment Author:John Adams