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.

November 17, 2025

9 months ago

The difference between a Democracy and a Dictatorship is that in a Democracy you vote first and take orders later

January 28, 2025

2 years ago

It is no use blowing the trumpet for the charge, and then looking around to find nobody following.

February 6, 2025

1 year ago

One should as a rule respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison,

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