My dictator's better than your dictator
Nov. 23rd, 2009 09:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pjthompsonRandom quote of the day:
"Totalitarian societies generally exaggerate their virtues. They tend to think better of themselves than they ought to. And democratic societies—societies like ours, a free society—tends to exaggerate its vices, and to think worse of itself than it ought to. And if we had our choice, I would certainly choose the latter. I think it’s much better to exaggerate the evils in your society than to be illusioned about your virtues."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, interview, NewsHour
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
"Totalitarian societies generally exaggerate their virtues. They tend to think better of themselves than they ought to. And democratic societies—societies like ours, a free society—tends to exaggerate its vices, and to think worse of itself than it ought to. And if we had our choice, I would certainly choose the latter. I think it’s much better to exaggerate the evils in your society than to be illusioned about your virtues."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, interview, NewsHour
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
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Date: 2009-11-23 07:23 pm (UTC)--and do the Cottingly Fairies indeed endorse this quote of the day?
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Date: 2009-11-23 07:46 pm (UTC)Heh heh--well, one can get away with claiming just about anything for the Cottingly Fairies. They're notoriously fickle. ;-)
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Date: 2009-11-24 08:59 pm (UTC)