3,162 Quotes About Culture

Since much of American taxes prior to 1763 went to support the local clergy, one humorist suggested the opportunity to vote on that. If the minister was turned out, he could open a tavern and preach to his customers if he served them liquor.

It may be that the voice of the people is the voice of God 51 times out of 100. But the remaining 49 times, it is the voice of the devil, or worse, the voice of a fool. Theodore Roosevelt

Both sides had more confidence in their opponents' weaknesses than their own strength.

One of the highest marks of citizenship is fighting for the common defense.

Without a doubt, it [Canada] is the land God gave to Cain.

Some people want the past repeated and have an interest in making sure we don't remember it.

The best thing you can give a person is the courage and the desire to go beyond his culture, that little limited world of his!

Any man's life can be seen as a series of engagements with his fathers, Including the surrogates provided by life and literature.

May the new era be an era of liberty and respect for everyone--including writers! Only through liberty and respect for culture can Europe be saved from the cruel days of which Montesquieu spoke in the Esprit des lois: "Thus, in the days of fables, after the floods and deluges, there came forth from the soil armed men who exterminated each other." Boook XXXII, Chapter XXIII.