Edgar Friedenberg
Edgar Friedenberg
hypocrisy people liberty
It is idle to talk of civil liberties to adults who were systematically taught in adolescence that they had none; and it is sheer hypocrisy to call such people freedom loving.
technology order moral
Only science can hope to keep technology in some sort of moral order.
teenage target communist
The teenager seems to have replaced the Communist as the appropriate target for public controversy and foreboding.
rude friendly being-rude
Canadians are more polite when they are being rude than Americans are when they are being friendly.
age-and-aging loved man proverbs winter
An old man loved is winter with flowers.
self-esteem valuable esteem
What we must decide is how we are valuable rather than how valuable we are.
people matter violence
Not only do most people accept violence if it is perpetuated by legitimate authority, they also regard violence against certain kinds of people as inherently legitimate, no matter who commits it.
people matter too-much
If a people have no word for something, either it does not matter to them or it matters too much to talk about.
weakness impotence
All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely.
dream long young
Part of the American dream is to live long and die young.
believe serious youth
Every major industrial society believes it has a serious youth problem.
romance alcohol should
Romance, like alcohol, should be enjoyed but must not be allowed to become necessary.
believe mean violence
Most Americans would say that they disapproved of violence. But what they really mean is that they believe it should be the monopoly of the state.
real passion people
Adolescents tend to be passionate people, and passion is no less real because it is directed toward a hot-rod, a commercialized popular singer, or the leader of a black-jacketed gang.