Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of...

Quote by Irving Babbitt about army, society, man

vote now
add a comment

Inasmuch as society cannot go on without discipline of some kind, men were constrained, in the absence of any other form of discipline, to turn to discipline of the military type.

Irving Babbitt
Quote by Irving Babbitt about army, society, man.
Irving Babbitt

Irving Babbitt 1865-1933, american Critic

Was born on: 02 aug 1865.
Died on 15 jul 1933, at 67 years old.
Rate this quote:
Generate another secure code=  

Last quotes
I’m trying to tell people that I am happy the way I am.... (Kim Ung-Yong)
Everything that men do or think concerns the satisfaction... (Albert Einstein)
I have only two rules which I regard as principles of... (Albert Einstein)
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. (Albert Einstein)
Top quotes
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the... (William Blake)
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is... (Henry Ford)
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the... (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better. (Samuel Beckett)
Random quotes
It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider... (Samuel Johnson)
I kissed her hard and held her tight and tried to open... (Ernest Hemingway)
The society based on production is only productive, not... (Albert Camus)
To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain... (Aeschylus)
Christmas carols
Latest Carols:
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Little Drummer Boy: Come they told me pa rum pum pum pum... It's the most wonderful time of the year: It's the most... I'll Be Home For Christmas: I'll be home for Christmas...
Top Carols:
O little town of bethlehem: O little town of Bethlehem,... What child is this: What Child is this, Who laid to rest... Good king wenceslas: Good King Wenceslas looked out On... O come all ye faithful: O come all ye faithful Joyful and...
Random Carols:
I saw three ship I saw three ships come sailing in On... C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S When I was but a youngster, Christmas... Mary's boy child Long time ago in Bethlehem, So the Holy... While Shepherds Watched While shepherds watched Their...
Authors
Edouard ManetPitagoraFlorin BratuQuentin CrispRainer Werner FassbinderAlexandru VlahuțăGabriel José García MárquezJules MicheletȘtefania MărăcineanuFriedrich HölderlinWalter LippmanFrancis ParkmanRush LimbaughStanley BaldwinSoledad O'BrienMariano Jose de Larra
Famous quotes
Last quotesTop famous quotesQuotes of the dayRandom quotesFamous quotes on themesFamous quotes on authorsMurphy's lawsQuotes definitionsPropose a quote
Folklore
Last folkloreTop folkloreProverbs and old sayingsTraditions and superstitionsSpells and incantationsTraditional SongsRiddlesCarolsPropose folklore