But Prohibition was more than a symbol—it was a means by which the reforming energies of the country were transmuted into mere peevishness. - Richard Hofstadter

Anti-intellectualism … has been present in some form and degree in most societies; in one it takes the form of the administering of hemlock, in another of town-and-gown riots, in another of censorship and regimentation, in still another of Congressional investigations.

It is a poor head that cannot find plausible reason for doing what the heart wants to do.

Intellect needs to be understood not as some kind of claim against the other human excellences for which a fatally high price has to be paid, but rather as a complement to them without which they cannot be fully consummated.