#nation

The delicate thing about the university is that it has a mixed character, that it is suspended between its position in the eternal world, with all its corruption and evils and cruelties, and the splendid world of our imagination. ↗

— Richard Hofstadter

#between #character #corruption #delicate #eternal

The Holocaust also shows us how a combination of events and attitudes can erode a society's democratic values. ↗

— Tim Holden

#attitudes #combination #democratic #erode #events

If some really acute observer made as much of egotism as Freud has made of sex, people would forget a good deal about sex and find the explanation for everything in egotism. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

#acute #deal #egotism #everything #explanation

But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem. ↗

— Zora Neale Hurston

#minorities #national #other #problem #race

People are just fascinated by assassinations. ↗

— Louis Stokes

#fascinated #just #people

I don't know if Jim was a major part of that or not. He is one of a small group of real storytellers. He has enormous imagination and ability to write. I'm glad he's coming back. It's going to be good for the show. ↗

— Matthew Ashford

#back #coming #enormous #glad #going

We need to stop spending money on those weapons systems that do not advance national security. ↗

— Lawrence Korb

#money #national #national security #need #security

To put up a show is to face life's injustices with one of the few weapons available to a desperate and brave people, their imagination. ↗

— Luigi Barzini

#brave #desperate #face #few #imagination

They accepted my donation, so they're aware they'd better serve my interests or I'll buy some leadership that will. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#leadership #politics #leadership

When you believe in what you're doing and use your imagination and initiative, you can make a difference. ↗

— Samuel Dash

#difference #doing #imagination #initiative #make