Talk about the flag or drugs or crime (never about race or class or justice) and follow the yellow brick road to the wonderful land of ''consensus.'' In place of honest argument among consenting adults the politicians substitute a lullaby…

Quote by Lewis H Lapham

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Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect...

Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect...

If a foreign country doesn't look like a middle-class suburb of Dallas or Detroit, then...

If a foreign country doesn't look like a middle-class suburb of Dallas or Detroit, then...

What the Bush administration is primarily interested in is regime change in the United States,...

What the Bush administration is primarily interested in is regime change in the United States,...

Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust...

Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust...

People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be...

People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be...

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral...

Leadership consists not in degrees of technique but in traits of character; it requires moral...

I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking...

I never can pass by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York without thinking...

The supply of government exceeds demand.

The supply of government exceeds demand.

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

They (who) seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human...

The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that while...

The lessons of paternalism ought to be unlearned and the better lesson taught that while...

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

Truth is the glue that holds government together.

Truth is the glue that holds government together.

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to...

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant...

The worst government is the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant...

National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media,...

National leaders who find themselves wilting under the withering criticisms by members of the media,...

You have the God-given right to kick the government around-don't hesitate to do so.

You have the God-given right to kick the government around-don't hesitate to do so.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of...

Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is...

The sun never sets on Government House.

The sun never sets on Government House.