William James Quotes
Democracy is still upon its trial. The civic genius of our people is its only bulwark.
William James, 1842-1910, Psychologist & Philosopher, Robert Gould Shaw: Oration upon the Unveiling of the Shaw Monument, May 31, 1897
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This concept was utilized by the U. S. State Department in opposition to the 1992 dissolution of the Peruvian Congress by the President who claimed he was doing it for democratic reasons. See Al Smith for a later expression of this notion.
The only soldier ever so honored. At the beginning of WWII, President Roosevelt and Churchill wanted the U. S. Army to invade German and Italian North Africa. Marshall, General Eisenhower, and all the other military men, advised that while it was possible, it would be a diversion from the strategic objective of invading Europe. None the less FDR ordered the invasion. The effect on the American people was wonderful, It showed that the Germans were not invincible, increased enlistment and morale at home, and developed more popular support for the war. Later, Marshall learned much about Democratic leadership and he, himself became a very effective government leader, and began to appreciate FDR’s approach but with a little cynicism about democracy.
Botswana is one of the few African national successes. It is the world’s largest diamond exporter and unlike many other nations, wealthy in natural resources like Saudi Arabia or Iran, Botswana became a multi-party democracy upon independence and has remained that ever since.
William James was an American philosopher, historian, and psychologist, and the first educator to offer a psychology course in the United States. James is considered to be a leading thinker of the late nineteenth century, one of the most influential philosophers of the United States, and the "Father of American psychology".
