"The nearest the modern general or admiral comes to a small-arms encounter of any sort is at a duck hunt in the company of corporation executives at the retreat of Continental Motors, Inc."

Society, Company

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"The nearest the modern general or admiral comes to a small-arms encounter of any sort is at a duck hunt in the company of corporation executives at the retreat of Continental Motors, Inc."

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"If God fairness, impartiality, equity, are his essence, that should become dominant in any society."

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"The 'Wild West' is a good description of law enforcement in the desert southwest USA."

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"Take responsibility for the city."

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"America is a nation with no truly national city, no Paris, no Rome, no London, no city which is at once the social center, the political capital, and the financial hub."

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"In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth."

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"The principal cause of war is war itself."

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"People with advantages are loath to believe that they just happen to be people with advantages."

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"Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions."

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"Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests."

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"What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited."

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"Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both."

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