Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes about Character

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Any government which made the welfare of men depend on the character of their governors was an illusion.

Any government which made the welfare of men depend on the character of their governors was an illusion.

Daniel J. Boorstin

Character, Men, Illusion

"The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson" by Daniel J. Boorstin, University of Chicago Press, Ch. 4, (p. 178), 1993.

Jefferson refused to pin his hopes on the occasional success of honest and unambitious men; on the contrary, the great danger was that philosophers would be lulled into complacence by the accidental rise of a Franklin or a Washington. Any government which made the welfare of men depend on the character of their governors was an illusion.

Daniel J. Boorstin

Character, Men, Would Be

Daniel J. Boorstin (1993). “The Lost World of Thomas Jefferson”, p.178, University of Chicago Press

Water, that wonderful, flowing medium, the luck of the planet - which would serve humankind in so many ways, and which would give our planet a special character.

Daniel J. Boorstin

Character, Giving, Water

Daniel J. Boorstin (2011). “The Discoverers”, p.29, Vintage

Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes about Character

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