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Lewis H. Lapham quotes: Youth as glimpsed by its elders is a story that comes from afar, showing itself as either lovely to look at or a torment to endure.

Youth as glimpsed by its elders is a story that comes from afar, showing itself as either lovely to look at or a torment to endure.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: I sometimes think that the American story is the one about the reading of the will.

I sometimes think that the American story is the one about the reading of the will.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: Wars might come and go, but the seven o'clock news lives forever.

Wars might come and go, but the seven o'clock news lives forever.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: The pose of innocence is as mandatory as the ability to eat banquet food and endure the scourging of the press.

The pose of innocence is as mandatory as the ability to eat banquet food and endure the scourging of the press.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true.

People may expect too much of journalism. Not only do they expect it to be entertaining, they expect it to be true.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: The state of perpetual emptiness is, of course, very good for business.

The state of perpetual emptiness is, of course, very good for business.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: Love of country follows from the exercise of its freedoms, not from pride in its fleets or its armies.

Love of country follows from the exercise of its freedoms, not from pride in its fleets or its armies.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: If we could let go of our faith in money, who knows what we might put in its place?

If we could let go of our faith in money, who knows what we might put in its place?

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: Construed as a means instead of an end, history is the weapon with which we defend the future against the past.

Construed as a means instead of an end, history is the weapon with which we defend the future against the past.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: History is not what happened 200 or 2,000 years ago; it's a story about what happened 200 or 2,000 years ago.

History is not what happened 200 or 2,000 years ago; it's a story about what happened 200 or 2,000 years ago.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: It isn't money itself that causes the trouble, but the use of money as votive offering and pagan ornament.

It isn't money itself that causes the trouble, but the use of money as votive offering and pagan ornament.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: The supply of government exceeds demand.

The supply of government exceeds demand.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: If you wear a suit, you can talk to anybody.

If you wear a suit, you can talk to anybody.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: Unlike every other nation in the world, the United States defines itself as a hypothesis and constitutes itself as an argument.

Unlike every other nation in the world, the United States defines itself as a hypothesis and constitutes itself as an argument.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.

Dissent is what rescues democracy from a quiet death behind closed doors.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: The world goes on as before, and it turns out that nobody else seems to to notice the unbearable lightness of being.

The world goes on as before, and it turns out that nobody else seems to to notice the unbearable lightness of being.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: We are a people captivated by the power and romance of metaphor, forever seeking the invisible through the image of the visible.

We are a people captivated by the power and romance of metaphor, forever seeking the invisible through the image of the visible.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: The leading cause of death is birth.

The leading cause of death is birth.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: I know no other way out of what is both the maze of the eternal present and the prison of the self except with a string of words.

I know no other way out of what is both the maze of the eternal present and the prison of the self except with a string of words.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust and quite a few of them deadly?

Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust and quite a few of them deadly?

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: When we talk about the foreign, the question becomes one of us versus them. But in the end, is one just the opposite side of the other?

When we talk about the foreign, the question becomes one of us versus them. But in the end, is one just the opposite side of the other?

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: The rich, like well brought up children, are meant to be seen, not heard.

The rich, like well brought up children, are meant to be seen, not heard.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: Seeking the invisible through the imagery of the visible, the Americans never can get quite all the way to the end of the American dream.

Seeking the invisible through the imagery of the visible, the Americans never can get quite all the way to the end of the American dream.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence.

Unlike any other business in the United States, sports must preserve an illusion of perfect innocence.

Lewis H. Lapham quotes: In the garden of tabloid delight, there is always a clean towel and another song.

In the garden of tabloid delight, there is always a clean towel and another song.