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.

February 1, 2025

1 year ago

The art of leadership is saying no, not yes. It is very easy to say yes.

May 21, 2025

9 months ago

There never was any government so purely popular, as not to require the exclusion of the poor

February 8, 2025

1 year ago

The main advantage of being famous is that when you bore people at dinner they think it is their fault.

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