
“More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.”
Source: The Affluent Society (1958), Chapter 9, Section II, p. 103
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (1969), Principles
“More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.”
Source: The Affluent Society (1958), Chapter 9, Section II, p. 103
The Miracle of Mindfulness (1999)
Source: The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation
Context: To think in terms of either pessimism or optimism oversimplifies the truth. The problem is to see reality as it is. A pessimistic attitude can never create the calm and serene smile which blossoms on the lips of Bodhisattvas and all those who obtain the way.
Canadian Alliance Defence Policy Paper: The New North Strong and Free, May 5, 2003.
2003
IV. Mediscque Vocatur The physician is sent for
Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions (1624)
Remarks at a White House meeting commemorating the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (6 December 1978), Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Jimmy Carter, 1978 Book 1: January 1 to June 30, 1978, p. 2163
Presidency (1977–1981)
Context: I want to stress again that human rights are not peripheral to the foreign policy of the United States. Our pursuit of human rights is part of a broad effort to use our great power and our tremendous influence in the service of creating a better world, a world in which human beings can live in peace, in freedom, and with their basic needs adequately met.
October 24, 1945
1940s–present, The Diary of H.L. Mencken (1989)
“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.”
Variant: Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.
Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life (1974), p. 33
2012, " The State of the Union is Still a State of War http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=7189"
"Who Was Milton Friedman?", The New York Review of Books (February 15, 2007)
The New York Review of Books articles