Uprootedness uproots everything except the need for roots.

It is a tribute to the peculiar horror of contemporary life that it makes the worst features of earlier times -- the stupefaction of the masses, the obsessed and driven lives of the bourgeoisie -- seem attractive by comparison.

Most people no longer live in nuclear families at all.

Because politics rests on an irreducible measure of coercion, it can never become a perfect realm of perfect love and justice.

Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend.

Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.

The family is a haven in a heartless world.