United States:. A nation given either to unjustified over-enthusiasms or infantile furies.

The faithful witness, like...Socrates, Voltaire, and Swift and Christ himself, is at his best when he is questioning and clarifying and avoiding the specialists obsession with solution. He betrays society when he is silent...He is true to himself and to people when his clarity causes disquiet.

The Unconscious Civilisation There is a certain terrifying dignity to the big ideologies. With the stroke of an intellectual argument the planet is put in its place. Only the bravest or the most foolish of individuals would not become passive before such awe inspiring destinies.

Elites quite naturally define as the most important and admired qualities for a citizen those on which they themselves have concentrated.

In a society of ideological believers, nothing is more ridiculous than the individual who doubts and does not conform.

United States:. A nation given either to unjustified over-enthusiasms or infantile furies.

It is undoubtedly easier to believe in absolutes, follow blindly, mouth received wisdom. But that is self-betrayal.