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The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole questi

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people. – Irving Babbitt

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We must not, however, be like the leaders of the great romantic revolt who, in their eagerness to get rid of the husk of convention, disregarded also the humane aspiration. – Irving Babbitt

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Romantic
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Irving Babbitt
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The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the most perfect symbol of the triumph of quantity over quality…. Whole forests are being ground into pulp daily to minister to our triviality. – Irving Babbitt

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Environment
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Act strenuously, would appear to be our faith, and right thinking will take care of itself. – Irving Babbitt

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Faith
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American government was founded on a belief and a faith in God and in doing what is right and just. – Ginny Brown-Waite

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Faith

That deep emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God. – Albert Einstein

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Faith

A whole lot of us believers, of all different religions, are ready to turn back the tide of madness by walking together, in both the dark and the light – in other words, through life – registering voters as we go, and keeping the faith. – Anne Lamott

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Faith

Not truth, but faith, it is that keeps the world alive. – Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Faith

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The only theism worthy of our respect believes in God not because of the way the world is made but in spite of that. The only theism that is no less profound than the Buddhas atheism is that represented in the Bible by Job and Jeremiah. – Walter Kaufmann

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respect

Some of us can be examples about going ahead and growing, and some of us, unfortunately, dont make it there, and end up being examples because they had to die. I hit rock bottom, but thank God my bottom wasnt death. – Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Punk was defined by an attitude rather than a musical style. – David Byrne

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Attitude

Under the leadership of this President, the state of the union is not strong. We are being pulled apart rather than pulling together. Our democracy is suffering from the choices being made, and yet we are offered the same tired excuses and unrealistic analyses. – Jose Serrano

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Leadership