Herbert Croly Quotes About Prosperity

Quotes about: Prosperity

• To the European immigrant - that is, to the aliens who have been converted into Americans by the advantages of American life - the Promise of America has consisted largely in the opportunity which it offered of economic independence and prosperity.

  Herbert Croly

  Opportunity, America, Independence

  Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.9, Cosimo, Inc.

• Let it be immediately added, however, that this economic independence and prosperity has always been absolutely associated in the American mind with free political institutions.

  Herbert Croly

  Political, Independence, Mind

  Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.10, Cosimo, Inc.

• The American economic, political, and social organization has given to its citizens the benefits of material prosperity, political liberty, and a wholesome natural equality; and this achievement is a gain, not only to Americans, but to the world and to civilization.

  Herbert Croly

  Equality, Civilization, Organization

  Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.16, Cosimo, Inc.

• The more consciously democratic Americans became, however, the less they were satisfied with a conception of the Promised Land, which went no farther than a pervasive economic prosperity guaranteed by free institutions.

  Herbert Croly

  Land, Literature, Prosperity

  Herbert Croly (2005). “The Promise of American Life”, p.12, Cosimo, Inc.

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