Quotes Library

May 6, 2025

Our tradition is one of protest and revolt, and it is stultifying to celebrate the rebels of the past…while we silence the rebels of the present.

Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998), American historian, educator, Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent (1959), Seldes p.89

What would he have to say about the events of January 6, 2021?

Rebellion, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder.

January 23, 2025

2 years ago

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

September 14, 2025

11 months ago

The organization of American society is an interlocking system of semi-monopolies notoriously venal

March 6, 2025

1 year ago

Democracy is rarely beautiful in its workings, for the many refuse to be refined, restrained, and artistic.

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