"For liberalism is a delicate thing. It encompasses so much -- constitutional government, democratic elections, freedom of worship, civil rights, free trade -- that we think of it as timeless and universal. But liberalism came into being in a real place and time, like a flame it has wavered in various eras, and it can be snuffed out."

-- Russell Shorto

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“I'm going to give you a little advice. There's a force in the universe that makes things happen. And all you have to do is get in touch with it, stop thinking, let things happen, and be the ball.”

Source : "Fictional character: Ty Webb". "Caddyshack", www.imdb.com. 1980.
“I think you just have to work hard for about 10 years before you know what youâ€™re doing”
“One stands, in fact, in awe of the Constitution of the United States, though it is an idea and not quite a reality.”
“It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had.”
“Postmodernism lives in the academy, where words abandon reality to serve ambition, and reputations rise on hot air.”
“Imitation is the sincerest form of television.”

Source : Polly Bergen (1974). “Polly's principles; Polly Bergen tells you how you can feel and look as young as she does”, Peter H. Wyden Incorporated
“Gratitude conserves the vital energies of a person more than any other attitude tested.”
“To put it another way: a conference is an elite meeting on equal terms; a congress is a group of elites meeting on opposite terms; a convention is a mob meeting on equal terms; a course is an elite instructing a mob; and a colloquium is a group capable of considering all these phenomena.”

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