When the Promise of American life is conceived as a national ideal, whose fulfillment is a matter of artful and laborious work, the effect thereof is substantially to identify the national purpose with the social problem.
The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achiev… - Herbert Croly
The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achiev…
- Herbert Croly
American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation. - Herbert Croly
American history contains much matter for pride and congratulation, and much matter for regret and humiliation.
Democracy must stand or fall on a platform of possible human perfectibility. If human nature cannot be improved by institutions, democracy is at best… - Herbert Croly
Democracy must stand or fall on a platform of possible human perfectibility. If human nature cannot be improved by institutions, democracy is at best…
Had it not been for the Atlantic Ocean and the virgin wilderness, the United States would never have been the Land of Promise. - Herbert Croly
Had it not been for the Atlantic Ocean and the virgin wilderness, the United States would never have been the Land of Promise.
The popular will cannot be taken for granted, it must be created. - Herbert Croly
The popular will cannot be taken for granted, it must be created.
Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromise… - Herbert Croly
Unless the great majority of Americans not only have, but believe they have, a fair chance, the better American future will be dangerously compromise…
So long as the great majority of the poor in any country are inert and are laboring without any hope in this world, the whole associated life of that… - Herbert Croly
So long as the great majority of the poor in any country are inert and are laboring without any hope in this world, the whole associated life of that…
The national school is not a lecture hall or a library. Its schooling consists chiefly in experimental collective action aimed at the realization of … - Herbert Croly
The national school is not a lecture hall or a library. Its schooling consists chiefly in experimental collective action aimed at the realization of …
When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was… - Herbert Croly
When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was…
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