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.

July 11, 2025

1 year ago

The character of every act depends on the circumstances in which it is done…

August 3, 2025

12 months ago

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

November 4, 2025

9 months ago

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master.

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