Quotes by Robert A. Nisbet
1913 – 1996
Robert Nisbet (1913-1996), former professor of sociology at Columbia University.
Bio
He is the author of Sociology as an Art Form; The Social Philosophers; Prejudices: A Philosophical Dictionary; The Sociological Tradition; History of the Idea of Progress; and Twilight of Authority, also published by Liberty Fund.
War & Peace
Robert Nisbet on the Shock the Founding Fathers would feel if they could see the current size of the Military Establishment and the National Government (1988)
Sport and Liberty
Nisbet on how violent, contact sports like football redirect people’s energies away from war (1988)