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Christopher Lasch Quotes: Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family; their defense of families carries no conviction.
         

Liberals subscribe to the new flexible, pluralistic definition of the family; their defense of families carries no conviction.


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Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.

Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it.



Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.

Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.



It is advertising and the logic of consumerism that governs the depiction of reality in the mass media.

It is advertising and the logic of consumerism that governs the depiction of reality in the mass media.



The family is a haven in a heartless world.

The family is a haven in a heartless world.



Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.

Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.



The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern delusion that people can keep all their options open all the time.

The attempt to redefine the family as a purely voluntary arrangement grows out of the modern delusion that people can keep all their options open all the time.



When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their own purposes.

When liberals finally grasped the strength of popular feeling about the family, they cried to appropriate the rhetoric and symbolism of family values for their own purposes.



Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order.

Progressive rhetoric has the effect of concealing social crisis and moral breakdown by presenting them as the birth pangs of a new order.



George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech.

George Orwell's contention was that it is a sure sign of trouble when things can no longer be called by their right names and described in plain, forthright speech.



The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the apparatus of addiction.

The effect of the mass media is not to elicit belief but to maintain the apparatus of addiction.





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Read! It is as important as breathing until you are breathing.

Read! It is as important as breathing until you are breathing.



Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?

Does the world have nothing inside but sorrow?



I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum.

I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum.



Yay, Old'uns' Smart mastered sicks, miles, seeds an' made miracles ord'nary, but it din't master one thing, nay, a hunger in the hearts o' humans, yay, a hunger for more.

Yay, Old'uns' Smart mastered sicks, miles, seeds an' made miracles ord'nary, but it din't master one thing, nay, a hunger in the hearts o' humans, yay, a hunger for more.



I believe hundreds of Christian people are being deceived by Satan now on this point, that they have not got the assurance of salvation just because they are not willing to take God at His word.

I believe hundreds of Christian people are being deceived by Satan now on this point, that they have not got the assurance of salvation just because they are not willing to take God at His word.



Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.

Personally, I regard myself as an intellectual 'rebel,' kicking against the 'old colonialism-imperialism paradigm' which has landed Africa in a conundrum.



I was honored today with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cat thrown at me

I was honored today with having a few stones, dirt, rotten eggs, and pieces of dead cat thrown at me



Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us.

Glorious indeed is the world of God around us, but more glorious the world of God within us.



When a poor person dies of hunger it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.

When a poor person dies of hunger it has not happened because God did not take care of him or her. It has happened because neither you nor I wanted to give that person what he or she needed.



And smile, you know I always tell the girls to smile because I hate sad faces.

And smile, you know I always tell the girls to smile because I hate sad faces.




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