It is idle to talk of civil liberties to adults who were systematically taught in adolescence that they had none; and it is sheer hypocrisy to call such people freedom loving.

Juvenile delinquency serves many purposes, including that of providing sadistic adults with fantasies suited to their special tastes.

It takes a kind of shabby arrogance to survive in our time, and a fairly romantic nature to want to.

The teenager seems to have replaced the Communist as the appropriate target for public controversy and foreboding.

The examined life has always been pretty well confined to a privileged class.

So much of learning to be an American is learning not to let your individuality become a nuisance.

Canadians are more polite when they are being rude than Americans are when they are being friendly.