The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or an ant-heap. But it is also a conscious work of art, and it holds within its communal framework many simpler and more personal forms of…

Quote by Lewis Mumford

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The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is...

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is...

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

A man of courage never needs weapons, but he may need bail.

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and...

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and...

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers

Every generation revolts against its fathers and makes friends with its grandfathers

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of...

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of...

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come...

One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come...

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that...

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that...

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.

After World War II society had to settle back for a moment before it picked...

After World War II society had to settle back for a moment before it picked...

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the...

I see no reason why this war must go on

I see no reason why this war must go on

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as...

War should be the only study of a prince. He should consider peace only as...

Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.

Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.

What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.

What was taken by force, can only be restored by force.

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some...

War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some...

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails...

In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails...

War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some...

War is the father of us all, King of all. Some it makes gods, some...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...