107 Quotes by Lewis H. Lapham

The world goes on as before, and it turns out that nobody else seems to to notice the unbearable lightness of being.

At this late stage in the history of American capitalism I'm not sure I know how much testimony still needs to be presented to establish the relation between profit and theft.

When we talk about the foreign, the question becomes one of us versus them. But in the end, is one just the opposite side of the other?

The leading cause of death is birth.

The American press is, and always has been, a booster press, its editorial pages characteristically advancing the same arguments as the paid advertising copy.

Love of country follows from the exercise of its freedoms, not from pride in its fleets or its armies.

If we could let go of our faith in money, who knows what we might put in its place?

Wars might come and go, but the seven o'clock news lives forever.

In the garden of tabloid delight, there is always a clean towel and another song.