Lewis H. Lapham: Quotes about people

Lewis H. Lapham is American journalist. Explore interesting quotes on people.
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“What kind of people do we wish to become, and how do we know an American when we see one? Is it possible to pursue a common purpose without a common history or a standard text?”

Lewis H. Lapham

Bomb-O-Gram, p. 31
Waiting For The Barbarians (1997)

People , History

“We are a people captivated by the power and romance of metaphor, forever seeking the invisible through the image of the visible.”

Lewis H. Lapham

Balzac's Garret, p. 88
Waiting For The Barbarians (1997)

People

“Let the rabbit of free enterprise out of its velveteen bag and too many people would have to be fired, too much idiocy exposed to the light of judgment or ridicule, too much vanity sacrificed to the fires of efficiency. Such a catastrophe obviously would threaten the American way of life, to say nothing of the belief in free markets.”

Lewis H. Lapham

Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 9, Coined Souls, p. 232

Life , People , Way , Light

“Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history off the world have so many of those same people felt themselves so poor.”

Lewis H. Lapham

Preamble, p. 8
Money And Class In America (1989)

People , World , History

“Once having proclaimed our loyalty to the abstract idea that all men are created equal, we do everything in our power to prove ourselves unequal. Among the world's peoples, none other belongs to so many clubs, associations, committees and secret societies.”

Lewis H. Lapham

Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 6, The Precarious Eden, p. 142

Men , People , Secret , World