Democracy cannot sustain itself amid a high degree of violence. Mary Ritter Beard More Quotes by Mary Ritter Beard More Quotes From Mary Ritter Beard Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living. Mary Ritter Beard inspiringinspirationallife In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather than their achievements and possessions, and have retold history as a story of their long martyrdom Mary Ritter Beard achievementrightslong We of the third sphere are unable to look at Europe or at Asia as they may survey each other. Wherever we go, across Pacific or Atlantic, we meet, not similarity so much as 'the bizarre.' Things astonish us, when we travel, that surprise nobody else. Mary Ritter Beard europelookstravel The volumes which record the history of the human race are filled with the deeds and the words of great men ... [but] The Twentieth Century Woman ... questions the completeness of the story. Mary Ritter Beard racemenhistory Action without study fatal. Study without action is futile. Mary Ritter Beard studyaction Every great creative idea, formulated as a philosophy, has a social setting - in time, in a geographical location, in a political economy, in a matrix of interests and knowledge. It is not a free-swinging phenomenon like a balloon without moorings. It is not produced in a vacuum and, being creative, it does not work in a vacuum. Nurtured on things experienced and things known, it reaches out toward the unknown like a flower on a stalk growing out of the soil. Mary Ritter Beard flowerphilosophyideas The results of philanthropy are always beyond calculation. Mary Ritter Beard calculationsphilanthropyresults Viewed narrowly, all life is universal hunger and an expression of energy associated with it. Mary Ritter Beard energyexpressionhistory The dogma of woman's complete historical subjection to men must be rated as one of the most fantastic myths ever created by the human mind. Mary Ritter Beard womenhistoricalmind the 'public' - a term often used in America to indicate the great metropolitan newspapers. Mary Ritter Beard usedmediaamerica The origin of the labor movement lies in self-defense. Mary Ritter Beard defenseselflying The trade agreement has become a rather distinct feature of the American labor movement. ... It is based on the idea that labor shall accept the capitalist system of production and make terms of peace with it. Mary Ritter Beard movementagreementideas Every revolution has its counter-revolution. Mary Ritter Beard revolution While it is generally agreed that the visible expressions and agencies are necessary instruments, civilization seems to depend far more fundamentally upon the moral and intellectual qualities of human beings-upon the spirit that animates mankind. Mary Ritter Beard agencyexpressioncivilization Unless one's philosophy is all-inclusive, nothing can be understood. Mary Ritter Beard helping-othersphilosophypeople To ignore [the] great social facts -- political facts, if you please -- and over-emphasize the old moral responsibility of the 'domestic' mother is a hollow mockery and betrays a hopeless ignorance of industrial and urban conditions in the Twentieth Century. ... Everything that counts in the common life is political. Mary Ritter Beard ignoranceresponsibilitymother It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be sure what is carried beneath them quite automatically, if one has long been a reader of the press journalism. Mary Ritter Beard journalismpaperlong Despite the modern dogma to the effect that women were a subject sex until the nineteenth century 'emancipated' them from history, women in history had demonstrated strong wills and purposes, had made assertions, and had directed or influenced all human destiny, including their own, since human life began. Mary Ritter Beard womenstrongsex Those who sit at the feast will continue to enjoy themselves even though the veil that separates them from the world of toiling reality below has been lifted by mass revolts and critics. Mary Ritter Beard veilsrealityworld Could anyone fail to be depressed by a book he or she has published? Don't we always outgrow them the moment the last page has been written? Mary Ritter Beard pageslastsbook
