Daniel J. Boorstin Quote

Historians will not fail to note that a people who could spend $300 billion on defense refused to spend a tiny fraction of that total to keep their libraries open in the evening.


The Republic of Letters (ed. 1989)


Historians will not fail to note that a people who could spend $300 billion on defense refused to spend a tiny fraction of that total to keep their...

Historians will not fail to note that a people who could spend $300 billion on defense refused to spend a tiny fraction of that total to keep their...

Historians will not fail to note that a people who could spend $300 billion on defense refused to spend a tiny fraction of that total to keep their...

Historians will not fail to note that a people who could spend $300 billion on defense refused to spend a tiny fraction of that total to keep their...