"Democracy is a difficult art of government, demanding of its citizens high ratios of courage and literacy, and at the moment we lack both the necessary habits of mind and a sphere of common reference."

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Source : Lewis H. Lapham (1997). “Waiting for the Barbarians”, p.32, Verso

Lewis H. Lapham

#Art Quotes #Government Quotes #Mind Quotes

“I grew up in a very culturally diverse area of America and I am very proud to come from there.”
“I find that I have painted my life - things happening in my life - without knowing.”
“I listen to a lot of singers, because I find phrasing to be one of the most essential elements of playing.”
“Curiosity might be pictured as being made up of chains of small questions extending outwards, sometimes over huge distances, from a central hub composed of a few blunt, large questions.”
“Let's say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don't think we have a new Nigeria yet.”
“To increase desires to an unbearable level whilst making the fulfillment of them more and more inaccessible: this was the single principle upon which Western society was based.”
“If you look internationally over the last 50 years there have been improvements in the third world, but in the last 20 years the reverse has happened, with debt crises and increased poverty.”
“People like music when they're in love, but they don't need it as much. You need music when you're missing someone or you're pining for someone or you're forgetting someone or you're trying to process what just happened.”

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