“The intellectual's ... playfulness, in its various manifestations, is likely to seem to most men a perverse luxury; in the United States the play of the mind is perhaps the only form of play that is not looked upon with the most tender indulgence. His piety is likely to seem nettlesome, if not actually dangerous. And neither quality is considered to contribute very much to the practical business of life.” IfsMenMindStatesPlaySeemsFormUnitedQualityUnited StatesDangerousIntellectualVariousPracticalsLuxuryManifestationIndulgencePietyPlayfulness Author:Richard Hofstadter
“I went to work for Catholics United for the Faith, and I basically found myself in the midst of the traditionalist branch of the Catholic revival. There is an intellectual rigor that is very much valued there and that I was in awe of.” FoundUnitedIntellectualCatholicBranchesAweMidstRevivalRigor Author:Regina Doman
“There is at present in the United States a powerful activist movement that is anti-intellectual, anti-science, and anti-technology. If we are to have faith that mankind will survive and thrive on the face of the Earth, we must depend on the continued revolutions brought about by science.” IfsStatesEarthFacesScienceUnitedPowerfulTechnologyUnited StatesMankindMovementIgnoranceRevolutionDependsIntellectualThriveActivistHave Faith Author:Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
“Intellectual respectability required mental health, and it was becoming evident to me by then that "mental health" consisted of trusting everyone about everything as much as possible - and, for good measure, poking fun at anyone who didn't. Especially to be trusted were the mass media, whose owners and personnel were not to be regarded as minions of the Establishment because, as they themselves used to attest with confidence, there was no Establishment in the United States of America. Only foreigners and paranoids believed (otherwise).” StatesAmericaUsedFunUnitedUnited StatesMediaBecomingMassIntellectualMental HealthOwnersEstablishmentTrustedUnited States Of AmericaEvidentForeignersMass MediaRespectabilityPersonnelMinionsPoking Fun Author:Kerry Thornley
“It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout most of our political history, the intellectual has been for the most part either an outsider, a servant or a scapegoat.” ShouldHas BeensStatesPoliticalPoliticsUnitedUnited StatesIntellectualShould HaveServantIronicOutsidersShould Have BeenScapegoatPolitical History Author:Richard Hofstadter