Not only do most people accept violence if it is perpetuated by legitimate authority, they also regard violence against certain kinds of people as inherently legitimate, no matter who commits it.
Canadians are more polite when they are being rude than Americans are when they are being friendly. - Edgar Friedenberg
Canadians are more polite when they are being rude than Americans are when they are being friendly.
- Edgar Friedenberg
No American is prepared to attend his own funeral without the services of highly skilled cosmeticians. Part of the American dream, after all, is to l… - Edgar Friedenberg
No American is prepared to attend his own funeral without the services of highly skilled cosmeticians. Part of the American dream, after all, is to l…
Those who love the young best stay young longer. - Edgar Friedenberg
Those who love the young best stay young longer.
Juvenile delinquency serves many purposes, including that of providing sadistic adults with fantasies suited to their special tastes. - Edgar Friedenberg
Juvenile delinquency serves many purposes, including that of providing sadistic adults with fantasies suited to their special tastes.
The teenager seems to have replaced the Communist as the appropriate target for public controversy and foreboding. - Edgar Friedenberg
The teenager seems to have replaced the Communist as the appropriate target for public controversy and foreboding.
So much of learning to be an American is learning not to let your individuality become a nuisance. - Edgar Friedenberg
So much of learning to be an American is learning not to let your individuality become a nuisance.
Part of the American dream is to live long and die young. - Edgar Friedenberg
Part of the American dream is to live long and die young.
Human life is a continuous thread which each of us spins to his own pattern, rich and complex in meaning. There are no natural knots in it. Yet knots… - Edgar Friedenberg
Human life is a continuous thread which each of us spins to his own pattern, rich and complex in meaning. There are no natural knots in it. Yet knots…
All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely. - Edgar Friedenberg
All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely.
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