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.

December 30, 2025

10 months ago

Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism.

August 10, 2025

1 year ago

A committee is organic rather than mechanical in its nature: it is not a structure but a plant.

April 5, 2025

2 years ago

This year will be harder than last year. On the other hand, it will be easier than next year.

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