A List of Biographies/Obituaries/Remembrances of Edward C. Banfield

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James Q. Wilson, “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court: A Biography,” Charles R. Kesler, ed., Edward C. Banfield: An Appreciation (Claremont, CA: Henry Salvatori Center for the Study of Individual Freedom in the Modern World, 2002), pp. 31-80.

Richard Bernstein, “Edward C. Banfield: Maverick on Urban Policy Issues,” New York Times, October 8, 1999.

Robert J. Samuelson, “The Gift of a Great Teacher,” Washington Post, October 14, 1999.

Harvard University, “Memorial Minutes: Edward C. Banfield: Faculty of Arts and Sciences,” October 17, 2000.

Senator Daniel Moynihan, “Remarks in the Senate, Congressional Record,” October 18, 1999.

James Q. Wilson, “The Man Who Knew Too Much,” Weekly Standard, October 18, 1999.

Charles R. Kesler, “Edward C. Banfield, R.I.P.,” National Review, November 8, 1999.

Editor, “Edward C. Banfield, 1916-1999,” Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, Autumn 1999.

James Neuechterlein, “The Unheavenly Urban Philosopher,” First Things, 1999.

James Q. Wilson, “The Independent Mind of Edward C. Banfield,” Public Interest, January 1, 2003.

Banfieldisms

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“Do no good and no harm will come of it.”

“Those who cannot learn cannot be taught; those who can learn don’t need to be taught.”

“If you don’t want people to find out about something, don’t do it.”

“Social scientists should never try to predict the future; they have trouble enough predicting the past.”

“A Unitarian is an individual who believes in one god–at most.”

“A Unitarian is a lapsed Christian. I’m a lapsed Unitarian.”