Frederick Lewis Allen Quotes

United States, Editor
July 5, 1890 – February, 13, 1954.

Frederick Lewis Allen (July 5, 1890 – February 13, 1954) was the editor of Harper's Magazine and also notable as an American historian of the first half of the twentieth century. His specialty was writing about recent and popular history.

Romance cannot be put into quantity production-the moment love becomes casual, it becomes commonplace.

Frederick Lewis Allen
- Moments
- Romance
- Quantity
Everything is more complicated than it looks to most people.

Frederick Lewis Allen
- People

We have something special...a culture which we do not think of as something for the elite, but as something which is accessible to practically everybody.

Frederick Lewis Allen
- Thinking
- Culture
- Special
Wilson thought in terms of the whole world; Harding was for America first. And, finally, whereas Wilson wanted America to exert itself nobly, Harding wanted to give it a rest.

Frederick Lewis Allen
- World
- America
- Rest
It is easier to tear down a code than to put a new one in its place.

Frederick Lewis Allen