Character Quotes

“There are men of character in the U.S. Congress, both House and Senate. There are women of character, too. But the evidence for "character" needs to be something other than the iteration of the word itself.”
― Marjorie Garber, Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession

“These debates framed and energized educational and philosophical schemes throughout that century and well into the following one. What was at stake was in part the very divergent, often intrinsically antithetical set of meanings that constellated around, and crystallized in, the concept of the word "character." Was it intrinsic or acquired? Could it be taught? Was a "strong character" one that acted or one that withheld? And, above all, could it change? For, if human character could be changed- or could change itself- for the better, was it not the obligation of society and the individual, the schools and the home, to do what they could to "improve" it?”
― Marjorie Garber, Character: The History of a Cultural Obsession