Quote by Matthew Arnold
Our society distributes itself into Barbarians, Philistines and Po

Our society distributes itself into Barbarians, Philistines and Populace; and America is just ourselves with the Barbarians quite left out, and the Populace nearly. – Matthew Arnold

Other quotes by Matthew Arnold

Light half-believers of our casual creeds, who never deeply felt, nor clearly will d, whose insight never has borne fruit in deeds, whose vague resolves never have been fulfilled. – Matthew Arnold

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Belief
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Cruel, but composed and bland,
Dumb, inscrutable and grand,
So Tiberius might have sat,
Had Tiberius been a cat. – Matthew Arnold

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Cats
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The need of expansion is as genuine an instinct in man as the need in a plant for the light, or the need in man himself for going upright. The love of liberty is simply the instinct in man for expansion. – Matthew Arnold

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Growth
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America
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America is the country where you can buy a lifetime supply of aspirin For one dollar and use it up in two weeks. – John Barrymore

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America

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name James in any different or more elaborate way I should be in favor of doing it. – Henry James

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America

It is a noble land that God has given us: a land that can feed and clothe the world; a land whose coastlines would enclose half the countries of Europe; a land set like a sentinel between the two imperial oceans of the globe. – Albert J. Beveridge

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America

In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from. – Peter Alexander Ustinov

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America

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The power to do good is also the power to do harm. – Milton Friedman

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Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard. – John Steinbeck

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People who know me , they know I have a sense of humor, Im a bit of a joker, a bit of a clown really, and I would love someone to exploit that side of me and send me a romantic comedy. – Gary Oldman

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Calm, open debate, and logical thought drive strength to its maximum effectiveness. – Billy Corgan

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