David Riesman Quotes

The idea that men are created free and equal is both true and misleading: men are created different; they lose their social freedom and their individual autonomy in seeking to become like each other.
David Riesman

Men, Freedom, True

America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese.
David Riesman

America, Rich, Big

Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all by the advertising men who create it?
David Riesman

Men, America, Why

If you want to get out of medicine the fullest enjoyment, be students all your lives.
David Riesman

Lives, Students, Enjoyment

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Sociologist

Born: September 22, 1909

Died: May 10, 2002

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