Richard Hofstadter Quote

One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with the power and achievements of the very successful or with the needs and sufferings of the underprivileged.


Chapter VI, part II, p. 245 - The Age of Reform: from Bryan to F.D.R. (1955)


One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with the...

One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with the...

One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with the...

One of the primary tests of the mood of a society at any given time is whether its comfortable people tend to identify, psychologically, with the...