The condition of our survival in any but the meagerest existence is our willingness to accommodate ourselves to the conflicting interests of others, to learn to live in a social world.

Learned Hand

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Political compromise Political theory Man as social animal

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Learned Hand

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1931 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Judge Lawyer

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United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Hand, Learned. Speech to the Yale Law graduates. Graduation cermony. 17 June 1931, Yale Law School, New Haven, CT, USA.

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This much I think I do know—that a society so riven that the spirit of moderation is gone, no court can save; that a society where the spirit flourishes, no court need save; that in a society which evades its responsibility by thrusting upon the courts the nurture of that spirit, that spirit in the end will perish.

Learned Hand

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Topic
Law and culture Politics is downstream of culture
Speaker
Learned Hand
Language
English
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hand, Learned. "The Contribution of an Independent Judiciary to Civilization." 250th Anniversary of the Founding of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts. 21 Nov. 1942, Boston, MA, USA.

Another quote from the 1930s

The very touch of the letter was as if you had taken me all into your arms.

Anaïs Nin

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Topic
Letters

Author

Anaïs Nin
Source
Letters of Anaïs Nin
Medium
Letter
Language
English
Time
1932 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Nin, Anaïs and Henry Miller. "August 6, 1932." A Literate Passion: Letters of Anaïs Nin & Henry Miller, 1932-1953, edited by Gunther Stuhlmann. Harcourt Brace & Company, 1987.

Another quote about Political theory

They are casting their problems on society and who is society? There is no such thing! There are individual men and women and there are families and no government can do anything except through people and people look to themselves first.

Margaret Thatcher

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Topic
Society Family Role of government Political theory Conservatism
Speaker
Margaret Thatcher
Medium
Interview
Language
English
Time
1987 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Thatcher, Margaret. "No Such Thing as Society." Interviewed by Douglas Keay. Woman's Own, 23 Sept. 1987.