Quote by Christopher Lasch
Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it c

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice. – Christopher Lasch

Other quotes by Christopher Lasch

A society that has made nostalgia a marketable commodity on the cultural exchange quickly repudiates the suggestion that life in the past was in any important way better than life today. – Christopher Lasch

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Society
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Most of these alternative arrangements, so-called, arise out of the ruins of marriages, not as an improvement of old fashioned marriage. – Christopher Lasch

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Marriage
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Knowledge is what we get when an observer, preferably a scientifically trained observer, provides us with a copy of reality that we can all recognize. – Christopher Lasch

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As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed. – Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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I want to stay away from politics, or else Ill probably end up putting my size fifteen foot into my mouth. – Peter Steele

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To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities that is not to be taken seriously in politics. – Vladimir Lenin

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I think he was absolutely right not to go to UN last week… First things first – that is, values and people here in their local communities, and remembering all politics is local, and trusting people more. – Patricia Hewitt

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