Herbert Croly Quote

The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual achievement of the American nation points towards an adequate and fruitful definition of the democratic ideal.


The Promise of American Life (ed. 2007)


The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual...

The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual...

The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual...

The moral and social aspiration proper to American life is, of course, the aspiration vaguely described by the word democratic; and the actual...