"So much of liberalism in its classical sense is taken for granted in the West today and even disrespected. We take fr…"

"The classical liberals advocated policies to increase liberty and prosperity. They sought to empower the commercial c…"

"It is this catholicity of The Masses, its freedom from the one-track mental habit of the rabid devotee of a cause, fo…"

"So far, at any rate, as I shaped its policy, the guiding ideal of the magazine was that every individual should be ma…"

"Two editors of The Masses, Crystal Eastman's brother Max and Floyd Dell, used that journal for vigorous advocacy of f…"

"The Masses marked, I have been told, the first appearance of "realism" in an American magazine. But I was ignorant of…"

"Art Young drew a picture of a complacent cherub carrying a tiny pail of water dipped from the "Ocean of Truth." The p…"

"This freedom from dogma enabled us to join independently in the struggle for racial equality and woman's rights, for …"

"Some saw the magazine primarily as a forum for the expression of political thought. Rufus Weeks, Charles Edward Russe…"

"One explanation for the neglect of women's part in shaping The Masses and its content may lie in an image of the maga…"