Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
Irving BabbittCommercialism is laying its great greasy paw upon everything including the irresponsible quest of thrills; so that, whatever democracy may be theoretically, one is sometimes tempted to define it practically as standardized and commercialized melodrama.
Irving BabbittIf a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
Irving Babbitt