Quote by Irving Babbitt
Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind,

Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type. – Irving Babbitt

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To harmonize the One with the Many, this is indeed a difficult adjustment, perhaps the most difficult of all, and so important, withal, that nations have perished from their failure to achieve it. – Irving Babbitt

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Justice must always question itself, just as society can exist only by means of the work it does on itself and on its institutions. – Michel Foucault

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The real point is that totalitarian regimes have claimed jurisdiction over the whole person, and the whole society, and they dont at all believe that we should give unto Caesar that which is Caesars and unto God that which is Gods. – Jeane Kirkpatrick

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It is a stern fact of history that no nation that rushed to the abyss ever turned back. Not ever, in the long history of the world. We are now on the edge of the abyss. Can we, for the first time in history, turn back? It is up to you. – Taylor Caldwell

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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teachers instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order. – Xun Zi

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