Edgar Friedenberg
Edgar Friedenberg
believe mean violence
Most Americans would say that they disapproved of violence. But what they really mean is that they believe it should be the monopoly of the state.
dream long young
Part of the American dream is to live long and die young.
weakness impotence
All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely.
hypocrisy people liberty
It is idle to talk of civil liberties to adults who were systematically taught in adolescence that they had none; and it is sheer hypocrisy to call such people freedom loving.
people matter too-much
If a people have no word for something, either it does not matter to them or it matters too much to talk about.
dream long funeral
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 live long and die young.
rude friendly being-rude
Canadians are more polite when they are being rude than Americans are when they are being friendly.
people matter violence
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.
self-esteem valuable esteem
What we must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are.
age-and-aging loved man proverbs winter
An old man loved is winter with flowers.
accept against authority certain inherently kinds legitimate matter people regard violence
Not only do most people accept violence if it is perpetrated by legitimate authority, they also regard violence against certain kinds of people as inherently legitimate, no matter who commits it.