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.

August 17, 2025

1 year ago

The weak have one weapon: the errors of those who think they are strong.

February 14, 2025

2 years ago

Whatever else may be shaken, there are some facts established beyond warring; for virtue is better than vice

September 23, 2025

1 year ago

Almost all that has been done for the good of the people has been done since the rich lost the monopoly of power

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