Quotes by Boorstin, Daniel J.

It is only a short step from exaggerating what we can find in the worl >>

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance -- it is the illus >>

The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spo >>

Quotations about America

We are a puny and fickle folk. Avarice, hesitation, and following are >>

I hate this shallow Americanism which hopes to get rich by credit, to >>

If you think the United States has stood still, who built The largest >>

Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image. It was the land of the unexpected, of unbounded hope, of ideals, of quest for an unknown perfection. It is all the more unfitting that we should offer ourselves in images. And all the more fitting that the images which we make wittingly or unwittingly to sell America to the world should come back to haunt and curse us.

Boorstin, Daniel J.