Quote by Herbert Read
What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without

What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos. – Herbert Read

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The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair. – Herbert Read

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The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals – its philosophers, its poets and its artists. – Herbert Read

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There would be no society if living together depended upon understanding each other. – Eric Hoffer

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Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness. – George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists

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Society

Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling it never forgives preaching of a new gospel. – Edmund Burke

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You dont realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. Its a card you get so you can navigate society. – Adam Carolla

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