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Quote Left I've always wondered why European politicians as a group seemed brighter than American politicians as a group. Maybe it's because many America... Quote Right
Quote Left Ethnic life in the United States has become a sort of contest like baseball in which the blacks are always the Chicago Cubs. Quote Right
Quote Left Few white citizens are acquainted with blacks other than those projected by the media and the so—called educational system, which is nothing... Quote Right
Quote Left I'm beginning to believe that Killer Illiteracy ought to rank near heart disease and cancer as one of the leading causes of death among Americ... Quote Right
Quote Left At this time in American history, we are like ghosts talking gibberish through different dimensions, and stupid men do not make good make good... Quote Right
Quote Left American cultural institutions seem so bent on preserving the values of "Western civilization," the mythical "Whitetown," that we learn about ... Quote Right
Quote Left The last publicized center of American writing was Manhattan. Its writers became known as the New York Intellectuals. With important connectio... Quote Right
Quote Left The treatment of African and African American culture in our education was no different from their treatment in Tarzan movies. Quote Right
Quote Left The descendants of Holy Roman Empire monarchies became feeble-minded in the twentieth century, and after World War I had been done in by the d... Quote Right
Quote Left American cultural institutions seem so bent on preserving the values of 'Western civilization,' the mythical 'Whitetown,' that we learn about ... Quote Right
Quote Left Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art. Quote Right

Book: Shattered Sighs