To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values – above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism. – Herbert Read
What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos. – Herbert Read
The farther a society progresses, the more clearly the individual becomes the antithesis of the group. – Herbert Read
The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely analogous to an organic being, but actually a living structure with appetites and digestions, instincts and passions, intelligence and reason. – Herbert Read