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Quotes from Memorandum to Robert T. Hartmann — Irving Kristol

1920–2009 United States

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[T]hough affluence is a good thing, and the spirit of compassionate reform is a good thing, in the end a nation survives only to the extent that the spirit of self-discipline and self-sacrifice is strong and vital.

Memorandum to Robert T. Hartmann (1976)

Are we in danger of becoming a nation of cry-babies? Are we becoming a people who panic at the least sign at adversity? Are we becoming a people with a faith not in God or in ourselves, but in a paternalistic government to shelter us from all of life's hardships and misfortunes?

Memorandum to Robert T. Hartmann (1976)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Irving Kristol (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.