A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.
Irving BabbittTo say that most of us today are purely expansive is only another way of saying that most of us continue to be more concerned with the quantity than with the quality of our democracy.
Irving BabbittThe humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.
Irving Babbitt