"To the European immigrant - that is, to the aliens who have been converted into Americans by the advantages of American life - the Promise of America has consisted largely in the opportunity which it offered of economic independence and prosperity."

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Source : Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.9, Cosimo, Inc.

Herbert Croly

#Opportunity Quotes #America Quotes #Independence Quotes

“An inordinate love of ritual can be harmful to the soul, unless, of course, in times of great crisis, when ritual can protect the soul from fracture.”
“The trouble is that neutrality is confused with hostility. We're not disrupting churches, or interrupting people's prayers. We're not fighting religion.”
“I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.”
“A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.”
“Sovereignty is as necessary as ever.”
“What is a turducken? An exclusive culinary creation available by special order from some little Cajun town down south. Entirely deboned, a turducken consists of a turkey, stuffed with duck, stuffed with a chicken, like an edible Russian nesting doll. Some were stuffed with alligator, crap, shrimp; my favorite was the traditional cornbread variety.”
“There is a vast difference between success at twenty-five and success at sixty. At sixty, nobody envies you. Instead, everybody rejoices generously, sincerely, in your good fortune.”
“Tomorrow isn't promised to any of us.”

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