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 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

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It does not seem that the contradiction which exists between the aristocratic function of art and the democratic structure of modern society can ever be resolved. – Herbert Read

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Society
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My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success. – Herbert Read

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The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society. – Constance Baker Motley

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Bankers – pillars of society who are going to hell if there is a God and He has been accurately quoted. – John Ralston Saul

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Society

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from time to time one can see the old aristocratic colours breaking through. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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Society

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable. – Adam Smith

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