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

Quote by Lewis Mumford

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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...

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past

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...

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.

War is the supreme drama of a completely mechanized society.

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

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

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...

The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or...

The city is a fact in nature, like a cave, a run of mackerel or...

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...

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...

You cant put democracy and freedom back into a box.

You cant put democracy and freedom back into a box.

Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a...

Curiosity is idle only to those who fail to realize that it may be a...

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is...

Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is...

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

So, Two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits...

Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if...

Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if...

Were busy exporting Democracy abroad to Afghanistan and Iraq, which is fine, but what we...

Were busy exporting Democracy abroad to Afghanistan and Iraq, which is fine, but what we...

Democrats give away their old clothes; Republicans wear theirs. Republicans employ exterminators; Democrats step on...

Democrats give away their old clothes; Republicans wear theirs. Republicans employ exterminators; Democrats step on...

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from...

The surface of American society is covered with a layer of democratic paint, but from...

Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy.

Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy.

Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to...

Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to...

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel...

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel...

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a...

It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a...