Spring has many American faces. There are cities where it will come and go in a day and counties where it hangs around and never quite gets there. Summer is drawn blinds in Louisiana, long winds in Wyoming, shade of elms and maples in New England. Archibald MacLeish americanblindcity share on social
The dissenter is every human being at those moments of his life when he resigns momentarily from the herd and thinks for himself. Archibald MacLeish dissenterherdhuman Change image and share on social
We have no choice but to be guilty. God is unthinkable if we are innocent. Archibald MacLeish choicegodguilty Change image and share on social
Journalism is concerned with events, poetry with feelings. Journalism is concerned with the look of the world, poetry with the feel of the world. Archibald MacLeish concerneventfeel Change image and share on social
Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered. Archibald MacLeish censorcitadelcontrary Change image and share on social
Democracy is never a thing done. Democracy is always something that a nation must be doing. What is necessary now is one thing and one thing only that democracy become again democracy in action, not democracy accomplished and piled up in goods and gold. Archibald MacLeish accomplishactiondemocracy share on social
There are those, I know, who will reply that the liberation of humanity, the freedom of man and mind, is nothing but a dream. They are right. It is. It is the American Dream. Archibald MacLeish americandreamfreedom Change image and share on social
There is only one thing more painful than learning from experience and that is not learning from experience. Archibald MacLeish experiencelearnpainful Change image and share on social
Conventional wisdom notwithstanding, there is no reason either in football or in poetry why the two should not meet in a man's life if he has the weight and cares about the words. Archibald MacLeish careconventionalfootball Change image and share on social
Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man. Archibald MacLeish dignityfreedomman Change image and share on social
