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Max Lerner Quotes

Max Lerner quotes

American Journalist December 20, 1902

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Max Lerner quote: "We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by..."
We cannot live by power, and a culture that seeks to live by it becomes brutal and sterile. But we can die without it. Max Lerner
Max Lerner quote: "To reject the word is to reject the human search."
To reject the word is to reject the human search. Max Lerner
Max Lerner quote: "When evil acts in the world it always manages to find..."
When evil acts in the world it always manages to find instruments who believe that what they do is not evil but honorable. Max Lerner
Next to the striking of fire and the discovery of the wheel, the greatest triumph of what we call civilization was the domestication of the human male. Max Lerner
Max Lerner quote: "Americans live in a twilight world between a sense of loss and..."
Americans live in a twilight world between a sense of loss and a sense of resigned acceptance. Max Lerner
Max Lerner quote: "What counted was not the facts but the fears."
What counted was not the facts but the fears. Max Lerner
Max Lerner quote: "A world technology means either a world government or world..."
A world technology means either a world government or world suicide. Max Lerner
The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors. Max Lerner
Max Lerner quote: "I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist."
I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist. Max Lerner
Max Lerner quote: "When choosing the lesser of two evils, always remember, it is..."
When choosing the lesser of two evils, always remember, it is still an evil. Max Lerner
Max Lerner quote: "When you are seventeen you aren't really serious."
When you are seventeen you aren't really serious. Max Lerner
Max Lerner quote: "In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around..."
In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions. Max Lerner
Max Lerner quote: "Every man has two counties--his own and America."
Every man has two counties--his own and America. Max Lerner

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