Quote by Irving Babbitt
For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individ

For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. – Irving Babbitt

Other quotes by Irving Babbitt

Perhaps as good a classification as any of the main types is that of the three lusts distinguished by traditional Christianity – the lust of knowledge, the lust of sensation, and the lust of power. – Irving Babbitt

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Knowledge
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A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause of this progress, should be called not a humanist, but a humanitarian, and his creed may be designated as humanitarianism. – Irving Babbitt

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Faith
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Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and he will be indifferent, or even actively resentful. – Irving Babbitt

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Happiness
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Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. – John F. Kennedy

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Peace

A bad peace is even worse than war. – Tacitus

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Peace

Parents are not interested in justice, theyre interested in peace and quiet. – Bill Cosby

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Peace

Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am. – Gil Scott-Heron

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Peace

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As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether theyre going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work. – Frances OGrady

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The art of creation is older than the art of killing. – Edward Koch

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A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. – Roald Dahl

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In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. – George Eliot

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