You are of all my friends the one who illustrates pragmatism in its most needful forms. You are a jewel of pragmatism.
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Letter to William James (16 March 1903), published in The thought and character of William James, as revealed in unpublished correspondence and notes (1935) by Ralph Barton Perry, Vol. 2, p. 427Charles Sanders Peirce
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You cannot be big unless you are prepared to kiss the ground. You cannot defend the soil unless you know the smell of that soil. I know the smell of our soil. I know the rhythm of our rivers. I know the beat of our drums. The theories, the dogmas and the scripts stand outside the gates of history. The dominant factor is the aspiration of the people and the ability to seek total identification with it. Once the significance of the symphony is grasped, the lines fall into place, the dogmas and theories get legs to move in time to the majesty of that music. This does not mean that I am preaching pragmatism. There is a lot of expediency in pragmatism. I am trying to trace the roots of the problems, the genesis of the challenges, the cause of the struggle.
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Russia's modern foreign policy is based on the principles of pragmatism, predictability and the supremacy of international law.
Vladimir Putin
Obama's legislative record, speeches, and the way he has run his campaign reveal, I think, a very even temperament, a very sound judgment, and an intelligent pragmatism. Prudence is a word that is not inappropriate to him.
Barack Obama
Among politicians and businessman, Pragmatism is the current term for "To hell with our children."
Edward Abbey
The definition of definition is at bottom just what the maxim of pragmatism expresses.
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