John Steinbeck Quotes
In our time, a beard is the one thing that a woman cannot do better than a man, or if she can her success is assured only in a circus.
Steinbeck, John. Travels with Charley in Search of America. Viking Press, 1962.
Kern has been censured for her discriminatory and insulting statements made in the legislatures. See {623313} & . {623312} This quotation shows that in a democracy, where legislators represent specific geographic areas, people who are uneducated, racist, homophobic, religiously bigoted and/or foolish can elect a representative who has some bizarre and/or hateful views. There have, in America, always been elected representatives whose views are out of the mainstream and embarrassing to most Americans. However in a free democracy freedom of speech and representation cannot be limited to sensible, constructive, logical or scientifically accurate content. Kern and others like her remind us all where education and public information access may be less than ideal.
John Ernst Steinbeck Jr. was an American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception." He has been called "a giant of American letters," and many of his works are considered classics of Western literature.
