"The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people."

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Source : Irving Babbitt (2005). “On Literature, Cultures, and Religion”, p.150, Transaction Publishers

Irving Babbitt

#Light Quotes #People Quotes #Standards Quotes

“Gardening is a labour full of tranquility and satisfaction; natural and instructive, and as such contributes to the most serious contemplation, experience, health and longevity.”

Source : John Evelyn (1729). “Silva: or, a discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in His Majesty's dominions”
“Yeah, it seems like it, right? It definitely was one of the best matches that I've played.”
“If a claim is worth making, make it in the most specific way”

Source : "Scientific Advertising".
“The true idealist pursues what his heart says is right in a way that his head says will work.”
“In America, sometimes people think all Latinos can be deported, and we can't. You know, I can't be deported.”

Source : Source: www.refinery29.com
“The band projects just took natural priority. I didn't really have a solo career, just wanted to share the music in another way and to learn more about writing, recording, etcetera.”
“I prize the conditions under which I have lived because they have permitted me to choose my opportunities, to inquire into such matters as interested me, and to publish what I believed to be true, uncontrolled by any central authority.”
“If we [gays] want to be equal under the law, we must now - as the great heroes of the Civil Rights movement of 1963 and 1964 showed us - turn our attention to the federal government.”

Source : Source: www.bilerico.com

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