https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:57:54 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/heinlein-robert-a/31632/ https://wist.info/heinlein-robert-a/31632/#respond Tue, 01 Dec 2015 14:59:02 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=31632 What are the marks of a sick culture? It is a bad sign when the people of a country stop identifying themselves with the country and start identifying with a group. A racial group. Or a religion. Or a language. Anything, as long as it isn’t the whole population. A very bad sign. Particularism. It was once considered a Spanish vice but any country can fall sick with it.

Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) American writer
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William Ralph Inge (1860-1954) English prelate [Dean Inge]
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