Edward C Banfield Famous Quotes



"Every political system is an accumulation of habits, customs, prejudices, and principles that have survived a long process of trial and error and of ceaseless response to changing circumstances. If the system works well on the whole, it is a lucky accident -- the luckiest, indeed, that can befall a society."


Edward C Banfield Quotations






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Minor surgery is surgery someone else is having.
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There should be less talk a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.
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Love is made in heaven and consummated on earth.
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"We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself."
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