Every new baby is a blind desperate vote for survival: people who find themselves unable to register an effective political protest against extermination do so by a biological act. Lewis Mumford actbabybiological Change image and share on social
War vies with magic in its efforts to get something for nothing. Lewis Mumford effortmagicvie Change image and share on social
The cities and mansions that people dream of are those in which they finally live. Lewis Mumford citydreamfinally Change image and share on social
It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man's principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man's other tools would be worthless. Lewis Mumford manmeaningprincipal Change image and share on social
Nothing is unthinkable, nothing impossible to the balanced person, provided it comes out of the needs of life and is dedicated to life's further development. Lewis Mumford balancededicatedevelopment Change image and share on social
In war, the army is not merely a pure consumer, but a negative producer. Lewis Mumford armyconsumernegative Change image and share on social
Without fullness of experience, length of days is nothing. When fullness of life has been achieved, shortness of days is nothing. That is perhaps why the young have usually so little fear of death; they live by intensities that the elderly have forgotten. Lewis Mumford achievedaydeath share on social
The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion. Lewis Mumford confirmdemocracygovernment Change image and share on social
A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man. Kites rise against, not with, the wind. Lewis Mumford amountgreatkite Change image and share on social
Our national flower is the concrete cloverleaf. Lewis Mumford cloverleafconcreteflower Change image and share on social
