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.

June 10, 2025

1 year ago

The trouble with the Conservative Party is that it has not turned back the clock a single second.

April 20, 2025

2 years ago

The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so that they believe they are as clever as he.

February 3, 2025

2 years ago

Revolution: n., a bursting of the boilers which usually takes place when the safety valve of public discussion is closed.

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