There is a quality even meaner than outright ugliness or disorder, and this meaner quality is the dishonest mask of pretended order, achieved by ignoring or suppressing the real order that is struggling to exist and to be served.
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Nationality: American Type: Sociologist Born: May 1, 1916 Death: April 25, 2006 |
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I cry, sometimes, because I'm not 20 years younger, and I'm not healthy. But if I were, I would even sacrifice my writing to enter politics.
The capacity to combine commitment with skepticism is essential to democracy.

