For Most Americans, Progress Means

This Metropolitan World, Then, Is A World Where Flesh And Blood Is Less Real Than Paper And Ink And Celluloid.

Man's Chief Purpose Is The Creation And Preservation Of Values; That Is What Gives Meaning To Our Civilization, And The Participation In This Is What Gives Significance, Ultimately, To The Individual Human Life.

Neither Democracy Nor Effective Representation Is Possible Until Each Participant In The Group...devotes A Measurable Part Of His Life To Furthering Its Existence.

When Art Seems To Be Empty Of Meaning, As No Doubt Some Of The Abstract Painting Of Our Own Day Actually Does Seem, What The Painting Says, Indeed What The Artist Is Shrieking At The Top Of His Voice, Is That Life Has Become Empty Of All Rational Content And Coherence, And That, In Times Like These, Is Far From A Meaningless Statement.

In War, The Army Is Not Merely A Pure Consumer, But A Negative Producer.