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Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about confusion

If we are to have such a discipline we must have standards, and to get our standards under existing conditions we must have criticism.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about criticism

A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he is himself spiritually the underdog.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about self-control, man

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about leadership, question, faith, light, people

The industrial revolution has tended to produce everywhere great urban masses that seem to be increasingly careless of ethical standards.

Quote by Irving Babbitt about revolution

In the Western standards of modesty, there are different guidelines.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about modesty

You don't have a baby based on that publicity madness. People don't live like that. Especially black people who were raised in families with morals and standards and integrity.

Quote by Whitney Houston about advertising, integrity, magic, people, contentment

A person without values or standards can never be a hypocrite.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about man, people

The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.

Quote by Ken Olsen about things

Today, being the biggest developing countries in the world, China and India are both committed to developing their economy and raising their people's living standards.

Quote by Li Peng about country, economy, being, world, people

The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding.

Quote by Karl Jaspers about philosophy, essential, history